From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, this book follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope. Co-winner of the Booker Prize 2019.