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From the author of the Waterstones Book of the Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy about complex family dynamics, mental health and the intricacies of sibling relationships.

For Alice and Hanna, saint and sinner, growing up is a trial. There is their mother, who takes a divide-and-conquer approach to child-rearing, and their father, who takes an absent one. There is their older brother, Michael, whose disapproval is a force to be reckoned with. There is the catastrophe that is never spoken of but has shaped everything.

As adults, Alice and Hanna must deal with disappointments in work and in love, as well as increasingly complicated family tensions and lives that look dismayingly dissimilar to what they'd intended. They must look for a way to repair their own fractured relationship and they must finally choose their own approach to their dominant mother: submit or burn the house down. And they must decide at last whether life is really anything more than (as Hanna would have it) a tragedy with a few hilarious moments.

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Really enjoyed this, thoughtful and entertaining with likeable relatable characters, and presents mental illnesses in an accurate non-stigmatising way. Great book! :)

Loved it, so thoughtful & likeable characters

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I disliked the characters, especially the weak pathetic Alice.
The book skips between time in places without making it clear and confusing in places.
I was relieved when I had finished it!!

Wouldn’t recommend this book

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Great book- really enjoyed the story and the narration was good. Would definitely recommend reading.

Excellent book

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This book is a brilliant insight into the complexities of family relationships. The author delves into the personalities of each of the characters and the impact that each has on the other. The script is very funny in parts too…. A lovely balance of dealing with some serious mental health issues and the very humorous side of life. The author captures the listener/ reader’s attention even with what might be described as the mundanity of life but somehow draws you in. Very clever. The narrator is fantastic too.

Brilliant, insightful and funny

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Relatable mother - daughter and sibling dynamics and all the difficult and beautiful emotions that come with being a family or trying to be. Same goes for relationships between friends or would-be friends, the longing for friendship and loneliness, very moving. Also quite funny, mostly due to the excellent spot on narration.

Moving depiction of family relationships

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