Jennifer is a girl on the brink of adolescence. With no real friends, she retreats into the world of her imagination. When she discovers that her parents are actually her grandparents she seeks her escape and finds herself having her own adventures, with terrifying consequences.
‘An outstanding novel which confirms Glaister’s command of the domestic and the bizarre’
– Independent on Sunday
‘Enormously enjoyable’
– Nick Hornby
‘Not just dark and mysterious but also emotionally satisfying’
– Times Literary Supplement
‘This was my first Lesley Glaister novel and I was unprepared for the marvellous, easy style of her honeyed prose. Evocations of England in the late 1950’s combined with a disparate cast of characters make this a charming book of humour, poignancy and bleak reality. I am now preparing to read everything else she has ever written!’
– Amazon customer review
