'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. Its perfect but for two things: their children.

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

Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer and journalist. Her first novel,The Innocents, won the 2012 Costa First Novel Award, the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, the 2013 Sami Rohr Prize, and a Betty Trask Award. It was also longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. She lives in London with her family.