More than 300 narrators have come together to record one page each of my debut novel, EARTHY BITTER SWEET. The whole book is passed from voice to voice, from the first line to the last. The result is a Frankenstein's Monster of an audiobook, and I’m asking everyone who downloads it to donate whatever they can to two charities close to my heart. This page is for The Forward Trust, and the other half of the money goes to Alzheimer’s Society.

The Forward Trust helps people break the cycles of addiction and crime, and believes that anyone is capable of lasting change, whatever their past. That belief sits at the centre of my book. Its hero, Florian Ashmore, spends years hiding behind borrowed names, and comes home from a life of crime to a vice he has already survived once. The story is about how hard it is to be seen as you really are, and how much courage it takes to keep going, and to be loved anyway. Recovery isn’t a single decision. It’s a long, ordinary kind of bravery, and it needs support.

If you can, please give, and then enjoy the book.