‘Funny, sexy and tender’ Esther Freud‘Brilliant, unique – an exceptional first novel’ Guardian‘Wry and entertaining’ Observer‘Intelligent, funny and tough, Evangeline even manages to pull off the remarkable feat of making all those Victorian virtues that one acquires in the course of single parenthood – patience, endurance, self-denial – sound positively sexy’ The Times‘Blends a promiscuous mix of single motherhood, belly dancing, psychotic boyfriends and motorbikes into a stylishly literate thriller’ Marie Claire‘You will keep coming back to this book when you should be doing something else’ Louis de Bernieres‘Exciting, compelling and tense’ Time Out‘Funny and scary…with a memorable David Lynch-style take on Shepherd’s Bush. In writing honestly and unsentimentally, Young celebrates the unequivocal nature of parental love with verve and style’ Mail on Sunday