'Sharp-witted, self-deprecating and honest, had me laughing from start to finish' Daily Mail
'I laughed. I cried. I loved it' Jack Dee
Things haven't been easy for siblings Alix and Ed.

Not since Ed lost his lifeguarding job and decided he wanted to be a Hollywood stunt man. Or since Alix gave up her career as a lawyer to look after their dad and realised her brother is her only friend.

Things haven't really been good since their mum - funny, distant, impossible Cat - walked out on them as teenagers, never to be heard from again.

So, when a letter arrives asking them to visit her in Kent, before it is too late, the siblings wonder if there's the smallest chance anything good might come of it: an explanation for why she left, a long-awaited apology, a house or a pile of cash to inherit.

Unable to tell a small cow from a large pig, already missing real coffee and unsure if they can ever forgive the woman they used to call 'mum', Alix and Ed set off into the countryside - with no idea that this trip will make them question everything they know about themselves, their family and their lives in the city.

Maybe they were never lost at all, just at a crossroads . . .
An uplifting, darkly hilarious family novel full of misadventure - for fans of Schitt's Creek, Sara Cox's Way Back and Mike Gayle - from the author of Separation for Beginners.
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