''If you read anything this summer make sure it''s this. An absolute bloody masterpiece''
Daisy May Cooper
''Tender, lush and electric; a wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride''
Daisy Buchanan
''Exquisite, stunning, executed brilliantly''
Poorna Bell
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Do we become who we are because of our parents, or in spite of them?
Fern''s mother is a social climber and a former ballet dancer who lives a plush life in a London townhouse.
Fern''s father only climbs if there''s a bottle at the top, has an IQ of 133 and lives hand-to-mouth in Californian motels.
Aged fourteen, Fern has spent equal time with each of her parents. That is, until an unexpected visitor triggers a life-changing dilemma: whether she should get on a plane to London to be with her mother, or stay in California with her father. Here, Fern''s narrative splices in two.
Two possible lives, one person. Each Fern will gr
