A Flood Of Memories – Nadia Mikail

“Cooking and mopping and such. As Poppy would say, it would be unfeminist of him to ask you to do all the work.” “Don’t worry; we have a chore chart. He bakes for us quite a bit, too,” Leila said truthfully. “He’s getting better and better – have you guys ever tried his basque cheesecake?” “Then why does his dear family get a dessert that’s collapsing as we speak?”

asked Poppy. The whole table stared at the jelly, tipping slowly over on its side. “I’m excited to try it,” Arthur offered gamely. “It’s got character.” “Thanks, man,” said Nick. Nek Pan put her hand over Leila’s. “When she went off to KL we were so worried – at least we’ve had Nick to keep an eye on her the last few months.” Her eyes were getting misty. “She’s our only granddaughter, and with everything that’s happened …”

“Nek,” Leila said, already fidgeting, and Leila’s mother said, just as gentle, “Mama.” Poppy was squinting at the jelly, expression unreadable. Leila had only ever told her that her father was strict; she didn’t know how much Poppy had pieced together, those mornings Leila had come to school exhausted and unable to speak, sneaking ravenous bites from Poppy’s bekal.

Arthur was looking at Leila, a worried little crease in the middle of his forehead. “No, I know, I know,” Nek Pan said. “She’s a tough kid. She just doesn’t call as much as she should. Now I’ve got Nicky to check when I’m worried.” Nick picked up his phone and read out a text. “U OK? Leila OK? Rose emoji, heart emoji.” The table were laughing now, some of the tension dissipating. “Since when do you do emojis?” Mak asked, and Nek Pan, distracted from her melancholy, said, “I’ve always used them – I’ve always been ahead of the times.

I have TikTok too, did you know?” “No way,” Poppy said, laughing. “Follow me on it, Nek Pan. I’m saveallthetigers99.” “Tigers are very cool,” Arthur commented. “I was on a trip to the zoo once to remove a thorn from a tiger’s paw—” “What?!” Poppy demanded. “Tell me all about it.” “It was Bellie’s in Perak. I chose it because of their conservation efforts – all their donations go to helping the Jahai Orang Asli preserve the Belum- Temengor rainforest” – Poppy shot Leila a look of approval at this, raising her eyebrows – “but the operation itself was a bit scary.

It’s a large animal, his mouth was open when he was knocked out and I could see his teeth …” He was miming the fangs with his hands. Leila found this disproportionately adorable.

‘Nadia Mikail has crafted a complex and cathartic coming-of-age story that will leave readers feeling a deluge of emotion’ Holden So, author of If You Still Recognise Me ‘A truly beautiful novel, heart breaking and mending all at once. Stunning and vulnerable, Mikail is a much-needed, unique voice in YA’ Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author of Reality Check ‘A moving and beautiful portrayal of grief, memory, and the complexity of trauma.

A Flood of Memories is heart-wrenching and heart-warming in equal measures and is a book that will stay with you long past its last page’ Adiba Jaigirdar, author of Four Eids and a Funeral 1kitap1.com/en Content note: This book contains depictions of alcoholism, emotional abuse, loss of a parent and anxiety. For information on where to find support, please see page 301 1kitap1.com/en For the people who made me and for the people who helped remake me 1kitap1.com/en Ke mana tumpahnya kuah kalau tidak ke nasi Malay proverb 1kitap1.com/en PROLOGUE “He just made really strange choices,” Leila told Poppy as the cast bowed to rapturous applause, or as close to rapturous as a school auditorium audience could deliver on a Wednesday night.

“As a leading man.” “Oh, I don’t know, I don’t know,” Poppy said. “He had charisma.” They walked out into the evening. Leila clutched her coat tighter around her. She resisted the urge to look at her watch. She was on time – but sometimes that didn’t make a difference. “But why would he play him like that?” she asked again. Poppy looked amused. “He really made an impression, huh?” “No, I mean,” Leila said, “in the scenes with his cousin. He’s gentle in them. In most adaptations George Farrer is miserable and dismissive.

But the actor played him very kind. I’ve never seen an adaptation where he is.” “You’re such a nerd,” Poppy said affectionately. “I could do it different tomorrow night,” a voice offered from behind them. “Oh, man,” said Poppy. “This is the sort of thing that only happens in movies.

And of course it would happen to us.” They turned and looked at the leading man. Under the streetlight he looked kinder than ever, his brown eyes glowing, his beanie tugged rather unsuccessfully over his large ears. He was beaming. “I’m glad you noticed,” he said. “I was pushing the director to let me play him like that.” “Why?” asked Leila. “It’s better if he is gentle with his cousin,” the lead actor said very seriously.

“Complexity is confusing. Something awful can often be hidden inside something very tender. Like in the second act, when he gives him the key.” It was still in his hand.

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