Upward Bound

Woody Brown’s vibrant, profoundly moving debut novel takes us to sun-bleached California, to a daycare centre for Los Angeles’s disabled community. ‘Wonderfully inspirational’ PAUL BEATTY‘A complicated joy’ RODDY DOYLE‘Awe-inspiring…deeply funny and eye-opening’ MARIA SEMPLEAmong the clients and staff are Carlos, a charismatic aide who lost his mother as a boy, and Jorge, who is gentle, nonspeaking and prone to escape despite Carlos’s best efforts. Tom, a beautiful young man with cerebral pals