![]() All we know is that it is so heinous, it has forced their mum, single parent Sheela, to uproot the family from Oxford to a cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. We witness what leads up to the transgression: a trio of bullies circulate topless photos of July September lures them to some disused tennis courts to exact revenge. ![]() The novel follows them in their late teens and begins after one of September’s schemes causes something unspeakable to happen at school. September wreaks havoc with cruel pranks, while July is “tugged behind like a kite”. ![]() The order of their births shapes their dynamic as they grow up. September and July are an inseparable, insular pair, with the bold, domineering September born just 10 months ahead of her more circumspect sister. In her second novel – a lithe, dizzyingly good Gothic thriller – she mines another seam of complicated familial love: the bond between siblings. In 2018, Daisy Johnson became the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize – she was 27 – with her mesmerising debut Everything Under, about a difficult mother-daughter relationship. ![]()
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