SHORTLISTED for the Costa Children's Book Award 2020. This is the story of one family, one dreamy summer the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea, in a big, messy family, one teenager watches as brothers and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding. Enter the Goddens irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there s a serpent in this paradise and the consequences will be devastating. From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale a summer book that s as heady, timeless and irresistible as Bonjour Tristesse and I Capture the Castle but as sharp and fresh as Normal People.