Publisher's Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction
Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2011
Runner up, Mind Book of the Year 2011
Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Award,
the Waverton Good Read Award,
the Authors Club First Novel Award
the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
The doctors said no more could be done and advised Grace's parents to put her away.
On her first day at the Briar Mental Institute, Grace, aged eleven, meets Daniel.
Debonair Daniel, an epileptic who can type with his feet, sees a different Grace: someone to share secrets and canoodle with, someone to fight for.
A deeply affecting, spirit-soaring story of love against the odds.
