1968. The year Paris takes to the streets. The year Martin Luther King loses his life for a dream. The year Eleanor Maud Portman is born. Young Ellys world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips & knows exotic words like slag; an ageing fop who tapdances his way into her home a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly of course a rabbit called God. In a childhood peppered with moments both ordinary & extraordinary Ellys one constant is her brother Joe. Twenty years on Elly & Joe are fully grown & as close as they ever were. Until that is one bright morning when a single earth-shattering event threatens to destroy their bond forever. Spanning four decades & moving between suburban Essex the wild coast of Cornwall & the streets of New York this is a story about childhood eccentricity the darker side of love & sex the pull & power of family ties loss & life. More than anything its a story about love in all its forms.