Book description
Everyone says that Caro is bad . . . but Jamie can't help himself. He
thinks of her night and day and can't believe that she wants to be his
girlfriend. Gorgeous, impulsive and unconventional, she is totally
different to all the other girls he knows. His sister, Martha, hates
her. Jamie doesn't know why, but there's no way he's going to take any
notice of her warnings to stay away from Caro.
But as Jamie falls deeper and deeper under her spell, he realises there
is more to Caro - much more. There are the times when she disappears and
doesn't get in touch, the small scars on her wrists, her talk about
revolutions and taking action, not to mention the rumours he hears about
the other men in her life.
And then always in the background there is Rob, Jamie's older brother,
back from Afghanistan and traumatised after having his leg smashed to
bits there. Jamie wants to help him, but Rob seems to be living in a
world of his own and is increasingly difficult to reach.
With Caro, the summer should have been perfect . . . but that isn't how
things work out in real life, and Jamie is going to find out the hard way.
This taut psychological drama is the brilliant new novel from acclaimed
Celia Rees. This is a fantastic novel - dark and ominous but at the
same time intimate and quite beautiful Celia Rees lives in Leamington
Spa where she writes her novels. She has been shortlisted for both the
Guardian
and the Whitbread children s fiction awards. Her novels have been
translated into over twenty languages.
