"Keeping the
House is a truly beautiful debut. A mistress of deftly sketched
characters that become whole humans in a few lines, Cin tells stories of
working-class, inner-city life steeped in truth, emotion and vulnerability.
She is one of a new generation of writers who see the splendour of these
streets and articulate it with great majesty." --Courttia Newland, Guardian
Best Books of 2021

"Keeping the House is such a bold and yet poignant read: musical, nimble, affectionate and (thank GOD) rule-breaking." --Lisa McInerney

"Written with immediacy and poignancy, this is a powerful debut from an exciting and compelling new voice, I loved it." --Salena Godden

"Tice Cin has arrived. With a style all her own and a confidence that radiates off each page, poetry that renders settings and characters incredibly vivid. No impression will escape you." --Derek Owusu

"Lyrical, memorable, pulsing with life, energy and sensation. I so admired its polyphonic ambitions and evocation of place--not to mention love. Her writing sticks in the mind like a thumbprint on glass." --Olivia Sudjic

"Thrums with feeling, illustrating the London community with a sharp and confident eye. Her characters are full and sure, and traverse their world with humor, boldness and love. Hope fills these pages." --Caleb Azumah Nelson

"A brilliantly enthralling read. Tice Cin's potent crime caper marks the arrival of an intoxicating new voice." --Irenosen Okojie

"A beautiful novel--forgiving, meandering and sexy. Tice Cin makes prose ooze and breathe and cook. Her multilingual Tottenham Turkish-Cypriot characters are real people to me now. I love Damla, Cemile and Ayla very much." --Yara Rodrigues Fowler

"Tice Cin is an enthralling voice." --Roger Robinson

"Tice Cin's voice is so compelling and utterly original, and her book is a thing of beauty and craft, both soft and sharp. It envelops you then gives you a gut punch. An essentially London novel." --Cecilia Knapp

"There's always been a poetic, dream-like wonder to Tice's writing. No detail goes unnoticed, unexamined. You see all the tiniest details through her eyes and her words--it's a beautiful gift." --Michelle Tiwo

"An intoxicating rush of language--and languages--funny, grimy (in all senses), and driven by a fierce energy, Keeping The House holds a deep sadness at its core, but never allows it to overwhelm us, instead finding beauty in balance." --Will Ashon

"Keeping the House is a thrilling debut by a bold new talent: sparkling, polyphonic, and bristling with linguistic energy. Tice Cin has somehow fused experimental writing, crime fiction and the family saga together, while coolly inaugurating the London Turkish novel." --Matthew Sperling

"A deft and dynamic debut flushed with unforgettable characters alongside an intimate sense of community. Tice Cin charts the complexities of inner-city and diasporic life, morality and relationships through a gripping network of twists and turns in a wholly unique way. I thought I knew what North London was about, I realised after reading this I didn't." --Anthony Anaxagorou

Bookseller quotes:

"A bold and assured debut that rethinks what a crime novel can be." --Ollie Simpson, Pages of Hackney

"Tice Cin fuses wild lyricism with dreamy romance in a form as voracious and alive as her characters." --So Mayer, Burley Fisher Books

"A swirling collage of a novel that explores the dark side of a London community with great energy and warmth." --Kate Ellis, Brick Lane Bookshop

"The Great Tottenham Novel exists and it's called Keeping the House. I loved it." --Gary Perry, Foyles

"Cin's natural poetry and the unique rhythm of her storytelling weave a spellbinding narrative through several generations of a Turkish Cypriot family. A captivating read from a powerful new voice!" --Antony Hurley, Burley Fisher Books

"Tice Cin has a rare talent: Keeping the House weaves multiple languages and complex form, and still remains a fast paced, addictive read." --Aimée Madill, Phlox Books

"A brilliant London novel, of the kind we need more of: polyphonic, multilingual, thrillingly alive with all the people, food, music that make this city what it is." --Gayle Lazda, London Review Bookshop

"I loved Keeping the House for its energy and its heart, for being both funny and fierce--a deft, brilliant novel of girlhood, community, and cabbages." --Elizabeth Perry, Daunt Summertown