This is the story of one family, one dreamy summer — the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea, in a big, messy family, one teenager watches as brothers and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding.

Enter the Goddens — irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there's a serpent in this paradise — and the consequences will be devastating.

From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale — a summer book that's as heady, timeless and irresistible.