The classic story of a chaotic, creative familyThe whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such openhearted affection is an achievement ObserverA funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism ... A clever and touching debut GuardianGabriella lives in a damp, ramshackle, bookstrewn farmhouse in Norfolk with her tempestuous poet father and unconventional mother. Alongside her ever expanding set of siblings and halfsiblings, numerous pets and her fathers ragtag admirers, Gabriella navigates a chaotic childhood of wild bohemian parties and fluctuating levels of poverty.Longing to be normal, Gabriella enrols in a strict day school, only to find herself balancing two very different lives. Struggling to keep the eccentricities of her family contained, her failure to achieve conformity amongst her peers is endearing, and absolute.Come and Tell Me Some Lies is Raffaella Barkers enchanting first novel a humorous, bittersweet tale of a girl who longs to be normal, and a family that cant help be anything but.

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: FA; Weight: 402 g; Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 17

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