Tin Man by Sarah Winman

It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things.

And then there are two boys, Ellis and Michael, who couldn't be closer.

And the boys become men,

And then they meet Annie,

And it changes nothing, and everything.

Sarah Winman is the author of bestsellers When God Was A Rabbit and A Year Of Marvellous Ways.

She was an actor for thirty years in theatre, TV and film.

Sarah's family is from East Oxford, originally a working class area and where the novel is partly set. She grew up in Essex, but now lives in London with her partner Patricia.