<p><b><h3>''A beautiful and darkly funny book of linked stories covering two decades in the lives of a group of people on the island of Guernsey'' <i>Belfast Telegraph</i></h3></b><br><b><br>Annie</b> needs to lose her virginity, so she''s waiting in a car park for <b>Paul</b>.<br><br><b>Paul</b> needs drugs for the party, but he''s got to keep an eye on his sister, <b>Josie</b>.<br><br><b>Josie</b> needs a father figure. Or that''s how it seems to her driving instructor, <b>Neil</b>.<br><br><b>Eva</b> needs to get away from the island. She could do without bumping into the school bully, <b>Kat</b>.<br><br><b>Claire</b> needs to drink herself into the mood for the hen do. But she''s been betrayed by her childhood friend, <b>Becky</b>. And she can''t stop thinking about what''s happened to her sister, <b>Kat</b>...<br><br><b>''Riotously human and authentic'' </b>NIAMH CAMPBELL<br><br><b>''Wonderful, vivid, bittersweet'' </b>SARA BAUME<br><br><b>''Gritty, dark and joyful'' </b>MICHELLE G