Aftershock

Makis and his mother Sofia escape a devastating Greek earthquake which claims his father's life. North London is a very different place, but Makis quickly wins a coveted place in the school football team. Unlike her son, Sofia, isolated by her grief and lack of English, sinks into depression. Makis has a brilliant idea to help her - but competing loyalties mean that sooner or later, something has to give...



“Bernard Ashley's great gift is to turn what seems to be low-key realism into something much stronger and more resonant. It has something to do with empathy, compassion, an undimmed thirst for decency and justice.”

Philip Pullman