The Great Godden

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 - 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, irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there's a serpent in this paradise - 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, 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.