The Mother

<p><b>Chosen by Bernardine Evaristo as one of her Top 20 Books by Black British Womxn Writers, Yvvette Edwards' second novel, <i>The Mother</i>, tells Marcia's story.</b><br><br>Marcia Williams thought she knew her son. She thought he was safe. She was wrong . . . <br><br>Today, Marcia is heading to the Old Bailey. She's going there to do something no mother should ever have to do: to attend the trial of the boy accused of her son's murder. <br><br>She's not meant to be that woman; Ryan, her son, wasn't that kind of boy. But Tyson Manley <i>is</i> that kind of a boy and, as his trial unfolds, it becomes clear that it's his girlfriend Sweetie who has the answers Marcia so badly needs and who can – perhaps – offer Marcia some kind of hope for the future. But Sweetie is as scared of Tyson as Ryan should have been and, as Marcia's learned the hard way, nothing's cer