First there were the flamingos. And then there were two families. Sherry and Leslie and their daughters, Rae and Pauline - and Eve and her son Daniel.

Sherry loves her husband, Leslie. She also loves Eve. It couldn't have been a happier summer. But then Eve left and everything went grey.
Now Daniel is all grown-up and broken. And when he turns up at Sherry's door, it's as if they've all come home again. But one is still missing. Where is Eve? And what, exactly, is her story?
Tender, funny, and quietly heartbreaking, FLAMINGO is a novel of families, of homelessness, and of learning to live and love again.
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Rachel Elliott is the author of WHISPERS THROUGH A MEGAPHONE, long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2016 and DO NOT FEED THE BEAR. She is also a psychotherapist, and lives in Bath.