The gripping and dark book club debut with a compelling voice at its centre.
*THE GUARDIAN 2021 BEST CRIME AND THRILLER PICK*
''Gorgeously written'' PANDORA SYKES
''I loved this book'' CLARE MACKINTOSH
''A darkly dazzling debut . . . gripping'' LISA JEWELL
''Sharp-edged and highly discussable''BOOKLIST
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''So that was all it took,'' I thought. ''That was all it took for me to feel like I had all the power in the world. One morning, one moment, one yellow-haired boy. It wasn''t so much after all.''
Chrissie knows how to steal sweets from the shop without getting caught, the best hiding place for hide-and-seek, the perfect wall for handstands.
Now she has a new secret. It gives her a fizzing, sherbet feeling in her belly. She doesn''t get to feel power like this at home, where food is scarce and attention scarcer.
Fifteen years later, Julia is tr
