Everyone talks about falling in love like it's the most miraculous, life-changing thing in the world. Something happens, they say, and you know That's what happened when I met Kit Godden. I looked into his eyes and I knew. Only everyone else knew too. Everyone else felt exactly the same way. This is the story of one family, one dreamy summer o the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea, in a big, messy family, one teenager sees everything , including many things they shouldn't, as brothers and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding. Enter the Goddens o irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo.

Suddenly there's a serpent in this paradise o and the consequences will be devastating. From Meg Rosoff, bestselling author of the iconic novel How I Live Now , comes a lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale o a summer book that's as heady, timeless and irresistible as Bonjour Tristesse and I Capture the Castle but as sharp and fresh as Normal People.