A Family Matter by Claire Lynch won the £30,000 (about $40,385) Nero Gold Prize, given to a book by an author living in the U.K. or Ireland and sponsored by Caffè Nero, in partnership with the Booksellers Association, Brunel University of London, and Right to Dream.
Chair of judges Nick Hornby said: "The judges all loved A Family Matter. We admired its wry humor, its deft storytelling, and its love for all its characters, even those who behave in ways we find hard to understand, and who make choices which we would regard as morally questionable. It is both readable and intelligent, and it offers hope and consolation. We believe that this novel will be read and thought about for years to come, and we very much hope that the prize will help Claire Lynch further establish herself in a literary career which will produce more novels as satisfying as this one."