Rebecca Wait

Tragedy and comedy fuse together perfectly in a labyrinthine mystery of emotional and psychological complexity' Jo Brand 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...

'IT'LL EASILY BE ONE OF MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman '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' the i newspaper 'Razor-sharp' Observer 'One of the funniest novels you'll...