‘ Deeper funnier sadder & truer than a work of fiction has any right to be’ Independent on Sunday‘ Both a page-turner & a work of art … an almost perfectly written novel’ Evening Standard This is the story of the Berglunds their son Joey their daughter Jessica & their friend Richard Katz It is about how we use & abuse our freedom; about the beginning & ending of love; teenage lust; the unexpectedness of adult life; why we compete with our friends; how we betray those closest to us; & why things almost never work out as they ‘should’ It is a story about the human heart & what it leads us to do to ourselves & each other