Going Home

Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men--all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood--take charge of a toddler following an unexpected loss

T?o Erskine, now in his thirties, has moved on from childish things: He has a good job, a slick apartment in London, and when he heads back to the suburbs on the occasional weekend to visit his old friends, he makes sure everyone knows he can afford to pick up the tab. So what if he asks a few too many questions about Lia, the girl of their group, wondering if she will come out, if she's seeing anyone, if she might give him another shot? T?o is hazily aware that something possibly happened between Lia and Ben Mossam, T?o's closest friend and his greatest annoyance, but he can't bring himself to ask. Lia, meanwhile, has no time to indulge their rivalry. She's now the single mother of a toddler son, a kid named Joel that T?o occasionally (and halfheartedly) offers to babysit.

T?o is home for one such weekend when the unthinkable happens--a tragedy in the heart of their group--and he suddenly finds himself the unlikely guardian for little Joel. Together with his father, Vic, Ben Mossam, and Sybil, Lia's beguiling rabbi, they bide time until they can find a proper home for Joel, teaching him to play video games, plying him with chicken nuggets and waffles, and learning to sing him lullabies at night. But when a juvenile mistake leads to a terrible betrayal, T?o must decide what kind of man he wants to be. Wise, relatable, and blissfully laugh-out-loud funny, Going Home is a captivating first novel that explores the mysterious ways children can force us to grow up fast while simultaneously keeping us young forever.

Author: Tom Lamont
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 01/14/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780593803240
ISBN10: 0593803248
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Friendship
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
TOM LAMONT is an award-winning journalist and one of the founding writers for the Guardian's Long Reads. He is the interviewer of choice for Adele and Harry Styles, having written in depth about both of these musicians since they first emerged to fame in the 2010s.