I utterly adored this book from the first page and read it straight through on Christmas evening. Told from the point of view of a 13 year-old girl, it's set in Wales in the late 1950s, and there are difficult people in it, with anger and mental illness. Yet I felt positive and captivated all the...
A charming novel from a promising author - definitely someone to look out for again. This was a lovely, gentle book (although the plot could be somewhat vague in parts) and yet packed full of all the dark secrets of village life, plus everyday family drama. A lot happens, almost without you reali...