The Birds, the Bees and Other Secrets (Macmillan New Writing)

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It is the early 1960s, and 13-year-old Cassandra Fitzpatrick is growing up in a household full of waifs, strays, and general misfits. Despite her unorthodox home life, she is generally content until something happens that turns her life upside down. Cassx2019;s unhappiness deepens when she wins a scholarship to a boarding school and is torn away from all she knows and loves, in particular her adoredx97;if wildly unconventionalx97;mother. Years later, as her beloved mother lies dying from cancer, a grown-up Cass begins to reassess the experiences, good and bad, of her past. Moving and humorous, this is a novel about the brevity of childhood and a reminder that love can be found in the most unexpected places.