IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BLOOMPeople aren't sure what to make of Susan Green
- a prickly independent woman who has everything just the way she wants it & who certainly has no need for messy emotional relationships Family & colleagues find her st&-offish & hard to understand but Susan makes perfect sense to herself & that's all she needs At forty-five she thinks her life is perfect as long as she avoids her feckless brother Edward
- a safe distance away in Birmingham She has a London flat which is ideal for one; a job that suits her passion for logic; & a personal arrangement providing cultural & other more intimate benefits Yet suddenly faced with the loss of her mother & implausibly with the possibility of becoming a mother herself Susan's greatest fear is being realised she is losing control When she discovers that her mother's will inexplicably favours her brother Susan sets out to prove that Edward & his equally feckless friend Rob somehow coerced this dubious outcome But when problems closer to home become increasingly hard to ignore she finds help in the most unlikely of places This sparkling debut is a breath of fresh air with real heart & a powerful emotional punch In Susan we find a character as exasperating & delightful as The Rosie Project's Don Tillman An uncompromising feminist & a fierce fighter it's a joy to watch her bloom