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An emotionally fraught psychological thriller and a shrewd examination of family life

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When baby Oliver breaks his arm, no-one can (or will) say how it happened.

His mother is exhausted.

His father is angry.

His older sister is resentful.

And they all have something to hide...

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"Beautifully written, clever and compelling with characters that leapt off the page. It kept me guessing all the way through ... and I never expected that ending! Excellent." Claire Douglas

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Joanna Barnard works as a counsellor. In 2014, she won the inaugural Bath Novel Award. A Northerner currently exiled in the South of England, Joanna misses flat vowels, friendly bus drivers and chips and gravy.

She is the author of Precocious and Hush Little Baby .

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