The Costa Book Awards has been crowning the most worthy books of the year written by British and Irish authors since 1971. Previous winners have included Hilary Mantel’s Bringing up the Bodies, Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass, so winning this esteemed accolade immediately places an author within good company.
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I text David to tell him I’m so nervous about moving and marrying him that I wake at 4am every day, stomach churning. Even the dogs are still snoring. I’ve never been vulnerable like this with him before. I have always put on a brave face, leaving him to read about my insecurities later. But he surprises me by being incredibly supportive.