Author(s): Tessa Hadley

Fiction

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a compulsively readable novel about a suburban housewife's reawakening in 1960s London

'Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' KATE ATKINSON

It's 1967 and London is alive with the new youth revolution. In the suburbs, meanwhile, Phyllis Fischer inhabits a world of conventional stability. Married with two children, her life is both comfortable and predictable.

But when Nicky - a twenty-something friend of the family - visits one hot summer evening and kisses Phyllis in the dark of the garden, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations . . .

'Achingly moving and real' GUARDIAN

'A beautiful and exciting novel' THE TIMES

'An absolute joy to read from a writer who never puts a word wrong' RED