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AS FEATURED ON THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG POWER LIST 2026 a sensual sharp and utterly compelling campus novel about grief reinvention and the ripple effects of telling lies by a talented young author Superb Witty assured energisingly original GUARDIAN Razor edged and emotionally rich Exquisite LUCY ROSE AUTHOR OF THE LAMB A literary star in the making MARIE CLAIRE I had never been good and there was no point in trying now On a small art college campus in upstate New York Charlotte begins her final year with a lie Her father died over the summer she says Heart attack Very sudden Awkward and insular Charlotte has never really fit in But now her sympathetic classmates treat her differently showing their concern in attention affection and as she begins a relationship with fellow student Katarina even love Perhaps some things are worth lying for no matter how big the lie gets But six thousand miles away in England her father is very much alive alone and unhappy in the cramped childhood home Charlotte left behind She has always kept difficult truths at arm s length but his resolve to visit his distant daughter might just be the one thing she can t control Punchy Sprinkled with dry wit The Times The kind of interior voice that