A stylish, searing drama about the complicated love between mothers and daughters, the indelible impact of estrangement - and one woman fiercely coming into her own.----Fresh and daring'' KATE SAWYER-One of the best books I-ve read in a while - A real triumph- ELIZABETH MACNEAL''A complex story about motherhood, inheritance and the things we''re willing to forsake in the name of desire'' AMY TWIGG''A haunting novel - Overwhelming and seductive'' LUCIE ELVEN----When my mother washed my hair she crooned, mamele, mamele, into my ear. Little mother, meaning little daughter, meaning you-re a good girl, Edie.-?Edie lives in a crumbling country house in Broadstairs with her partner Joanna. They have spent over a decade together since the death of Harry, the third member of their polyamorous marriage. It-s a quiet, comfortable existence - but conversations about the mother who abandoned her have recently awoken in Edie feelings she long thought buried.As Edie-s memories unspool - childhood day
