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Book Synopsis''There is much here that might impress Pulitzer and Man Booker judges...Ng brilliantly depicts the destruction that parents can inflict on their children and on each other'' Mark Lawson, Guardian
''This intriguing tale of unhappy families will have you gripped from the opening line . . . No wonder it beat Hilary Mantel and Stephen King to win Amazon''s book of the year'' Stylist
Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother''s bright blue eyes and her father''s jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn''s case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James''s case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. Her father
