The extraordinary first novel from the author of THE OTHER HAND'I couldn't put it down' Observer'Stunning... a haunting work of art.' NewsweekYou aren't stupid. You know there's no such thing as a perfect mother. Plenty of other books will tell you there is, but this one won't lie to you. I was weak and I cheated and I was punished, but my god I loved my child through all of it. Love means you never break, and it means you're stronger than the things they do to you. I know this is true because I have been through fire, and I am the proof that love survives. I am not a perfect mother but I will tell you the perfect truth, because this is you and me talking. This is my story.'Stunning' New York Times'Dark, tense and undeniably provocative' Metro