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The second novel from Costa prize-winning author Francesca Segal - a clever, sharp, funny and moving story about family, starting over and how much we let our children get away with

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´A very smart, soulful, compelling novel´ Nick Hornby

What does it take to be a family?

Julia has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. James is her second chance, and everything she never knew she wanted. It´s perfect but for two things: their children.

Julia´s beloved daughter Gwen loathes James and James´s son Nathan takes pleasure in antagonising his new stepsister. Uniting two households is never easy, but the teenagers´ unexpected actions will eventually threaten everyone´s hard-won happiness.

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"It´s beautifully written" Victoria Hislop Good Housekeeping

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