I completely fell for Lennie Lyons, Robin's fifteen-year-old daughter, who comes off the page pitch-perfect: sometimes she's mature beyond her years and at other times there's the naivety of a child there. You want life to work out for her: you'd like her mother to spend more time with her even when you know that it's not possible.
This was my first Lucie Whitehouse book: for quite a while but it won't be my last and I'd like to thank the publishers for making a review copy available to the Bookbag.
If this book appeals to you, you might appreciate [[The Distant Dead by Lesley Thomson]].