SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARDS
2021 'Brilliant and impactful' - Pandora Sykes This is the story of one family one dreamy
summer - the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea in a big messy
family one teenager watches as brothers and sisters parents and older cousins fill hot days
with wine and games and planning a wedding. Enter the Goddens - irresistible charming
languidly sexy Kit and surly silent Hugo. Suddenly there's a serpent in this paradise - and
the consequences will be devastating. From bestselling award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a
lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale - a summer book that's as heady timeless and
irresistible as Bonjour Tristesse and I Capture the Castle but as sharp and fresh as Normal
People. Featuring a bonus essay from Meg Rosoff on her experiences of summer this is THE
unmissable book of the summer. From the author of How I Live Now one of TIME magazine's 100
Best YA Books of All Time.
