Description

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Shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize

Shortlisted for the 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize

Shortlisted for the 2022 British Book Awards, Book of the Year -
Discover Award

Longlisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize

Longlisted for the 2022 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

Winner of a 2022 Somerset Maugham Award

Cabbages . . . The
Turkish variety are prized for their enlarged leaf bud, that's where we put
the heroin . . .

There's a stash of heroin waiting to be imported, and no
one seems sure what to do with it . . . But Ayla's a gardener, and she has a
plan.

Offering a fresh and funny take on the machinery of the North London
heroin trade, Keeping
the House lifts the lid on a covert world
thriving just beneath notice: not only in McDonald's queues and men's clubs,
but in spotless living rooms and whispering kitchens. Spanning three
generations, this is the story of the women who keep their family - and their
family business - afloat, juggling everything from police surveillance to
trickier questions of community, belonging and love.

About the Author

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Tice Cin is a poet, writer, and interdisciplinary artist from north London. A London Writers Award-winner, her work has been published by Extra Teeth and Skin Deep and commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and St Paul's Cathedral. An alumnus of Barbican Young Poets, she now creates digital art as part of Design Yourself - a collective based at the Barbican Centre - exploring what it means to be human, and is making an album to accompany her debut novel.