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From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a compulsively readable novel about a suburban housewife's reawakening in 1960s London'Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' KATE ATKINSONIt's 1967 and London is alive with the new youth revolution. In the suburbs, meanwhile, Phyllis Fischer inhabits a world of conventional stability. Married with two children, her life is both comfortable and predictable.But when Nicky - a twenty-something friend of the family - visits one hot summer evening and kisses Phyllis in the dark of the garden, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations . . .'Achingly moving and real' GUARDIAN'A beautiful and exciting novel' THE TIMES'An absolute joy to read from a writer who never puts a word wrong' RED