'A LABYRINTHINE MYSTERY OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY' Jo Brand 'DELIRIOUS AND
REWARDING' Guardian 'UNMISSABLE' Woman's Weekly Fleeing Scotland in the wake of family
disgrace 16-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school on
a remote part of the south English coast. Despite the eccentricities of her new Headmistress
who warns her of the dangers of the Cold War and the ever-present threat of the bomb St
Anne's seems like a refuge to Ida. But all this is about to change. For a start her new
room-mate is the infamous Louise Adler potential arsonist and hardened outcast. Meanwhile
the geography teacher Eleanor Alston in her late thirties a disastrous love affair in her
wake faces the new term with weary resignation. But the fragile ecosystem of the school is
disrupted by the arrival of a new teacher Matthew Langfield. Eleanor has an uneasy feeling he
is not who he says he is. And things only get worse when a mysterious sickness starts to
spread throughout the school causing strange limb jerks and seizures among the pupils. What is
happening to the girls of St Anne's? Could there be a poisoner among them? Is Ida's scholarship
really an escape or is it instead a new nightmare? READERS ARE LOVING HAVOC : 'Superb.
Brilliantly funny at times extremely poignant' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Another beautifully written book by
Rebecca' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Utterly glorious moving enthralling and witty. I am so cross I have finished
it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I absolutely loved the humour in this book. Bonus points for the Cold War
references' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Entertaining and humorous' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Praise for Rebecca Wait: 'IT'LL EASILY
BE ONE OF MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman 'It's a warm book and a touching one. And did
I mention it's funny? Just read it. You'll see' The Times 'Funny tender and sad' Sunday
Express 'If you liked Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss you'll love this novel' Good Housekeeping
'One of the richest explorations of family dysfunction I've read' i newspaper 'Shades of
Fleabag in this smart funny drama' Mail on Sunday 'An enjoyably bittersweet novel about a
dysfunctional modern family' Independent 'Razor-sharp ' Observer 'One of the funniest novels
you'll read this year' Guardian
