Something Like Happiness

Author: Tom Newlands

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 13 August 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 256 pages
162 x 241 x 26 | 442g

FROM THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF ONLY HERE, ONLY NOWWATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025Frazer and Caitlin have come a long way without ever leaving their dead-end town. They were teenage sweethearts but years later, life's got serious: the flat they share is barely habitable, money is tight, and their autistic son is struggling at school.

Caitlin dreams of fresh carpets and clean walls, but for Frazer Apex Court is the only home he has known. It's where his parents lived and died and where the memory of them remains. He's asked Caitlin to marry him twice. She tries to leave most weeks. They still love each other - but is it enough?Startlingly original, this blistering and timely new novel confirms Tom Newlands as one of the brightest talents of his generation.