Carole Cadwalladr writes regularly for The Observer. She is at work on her next novel.

"'This is a sublimely funny and clever first novel, and I predict that it won't be long before the extremely talented Carold Cadwalladr is required reading' " Daily Mail "Hats off to Carole Cadwalladr. Such a pleasure to read. Unpretentious and serious, funny and moving. A rare find" -- Monica Ali Monica Ali "'Half delicious romp, half calamitous chronicle of family breakdown... Every twig on this family tree quivers with life'" Sunday Times "'Carole Cadwalladr's clever and moving debut examines three generations of the Monroe family and explores nature versus nurture...Thoughtful and immensely entertaining'" Observer "'A rare treat, delivered with aplomb'" Sunday Telegraph

Carole Cadwalladr writes regularly for The Observer. She is at work on her next novel.

"'This is a sublimely funny and clever first novel, and I predict that it won't be long before the extremely talented Carold Cadwalladr is required reading' " Daily Mail "Hats off to Carole Cadwalladr. Such a pleasure to read. Unpretentious and serious, funny and moving. A rare find" -- Monica Ali Monica Ali "'Half delicious romp, half calamitous chronicle of family breakdown... Every twig on this family tree quivers with life'" Sunday Times "'Carole Cadwalladr's clever and moving debut examines three generations of the Monroe family and explores nature versus nurture...Thoughtful and immensely entertaining'" Observer "'A rare treat, delivered with aplomb'" Sunday Telegraph

Carole Cadwalladr writes regularly for The Observer. She is at work on her next novel.

"'This is a sublimely funny and clever first novel, and I predict that it won't be long before the extremely talented Carold Cadwalladr is required reading' " Daily Mail "Hats off to Carole Cadwalladr. Such a pleasure to read. Unpretentious and serious, funny and moving. A rare find" -- Monica Ali Monica Ali "'Half delicious romp, half calamitous chronicle of family breakdown... Every twig on this family tree quivers with life'" Sunday Times "'Carole Cadwalladr's clever and moving debut examines three generations of the Monroe family and explores nature versus nurture...Thoughtful and immensely entertaining'" Observer "'A rare treat, delivered with aplomb'" Sunday Telegraph