A stylish, searing drama about the complicated love between mothers and daughters, the indelible impact of estrangement ¿ and one woman fiercely coming into her own.¿¿¿¿Fresh and daring'' KATE SAWYER¿One of the best books I¿ve read in a while ¿ A real triumph¿ ELIZABETH MACNEAL''A complex story about motherhood, inheritance and the things we''re willing to forsake in the name of desire'' AMY TWIGG''A haunting novel ¿ Overwhelming and seductive'' LUCIE ELVEN¿¿¿¿When my mother washed my hair she crooned, mamele, mamele, into my ear. Little mother, meaning little daughter, meaning you¿re a good girl, Edie.¿?Edie lives in a crumbling country house in Broadstairs with her partner Joanna. They have spent over a decade together since the death of Harry, the third member of their polyamorous marriage. It¿s a quiet, comfortable existence ¿ but conversations about the mother who abandoned her have recently awoken in Edie feelings she long thought buried.As Edie¿s memories unspool ¿ childhood day