Publisher's Synopsis
Anna's head reels with plans to escape life behind the counter of the family chip shop on a run-down Nottingham council estate. Her mother, Tina, wants nothing but the best for Anna. She thinks that Anna should forget going to college, learn to cook and find herself a suitable husband. Mother and daughter are at loggerheads and neither will give way. Anna's grandmother, Yiayia Annoulla, is her ally, telling her stories about the family's turbulent past in Cyprus. Anna longs for the freedom enjoyed by her brother, Andy, but it is only when family fortunes begin to sour that she starts to take control of her own destiny...
