Then we meet Mary, a Filipino nurse that lives in Nightingale Point for many years. He tries to think of all the instructions his care worker gave him and most of the times he does! He is under The Care in the Community Programme wings, as he some times fails to focus on the important things, so there is Lina that is at his apartment on daily basis, ensuring he get’s something to eat and everything is fine. The book starts with Elvis, a young man, more of a special boy, that lives there all alone. So, if you are unlucky enough and have to climb all the way up to 10th floor and beyond, carrying a bag of groceries or a suitcase or something else that is heavy, you are not going to like it. The building itself is a pretty old one, the kind that needs a care taker and the kind where the lifts don’t work in 1996. Because “Nightingale Point” is the story of a big accident that changes everyone’s life, not only those that lived in the building. Those that the story evolves around are people of different ages and backgrounds, that are somehow connected mostly before the accident or right when it happened. Nightingale Point is a building complex where one can find all sorts of people.

Therefore I went and bought it! And I don’t regret that decision even for a moment! It is an amazing story that deserves all the attention it has gotten! Then, as I read the storyline, I knew it was going to be a very interesting read. “Nightingale Point” first drew my attention because it was longlisted in the Women’s Prize for Fiction award in 2020.

Nightingale Point by Luan Goldie