Meet Iris, teen firestarter, with a greedy mother and a stepfather whose big film part is just the next audition away. Iris lives in California, where her mother runs up credit card bills, wears Lebutin shoes, and drinks. All the time. Suddenly they are leaving their apartment and heading back to England, where Iris's real father - the one who didn't love her and never wanted her lies dying.
She doesn't want to like Ernest, her father, but somehow he seems much nicer than the man her mother is always describing. She gets to spend some time with him, in the family house full of 20th century art (which is why her mother came back). As they talk, she gets to hear her father's side of the story. It doesn't make her like her mother any more than she did, but it makes her think again about the lies people tell. So is her father lying as well?
At the point in the book when something wonderful is revealed, I actually stopped reading and clapped my hands. What a great read for anyone, but particularly for the YA audience this is aimed at.
Jenny Valentine is the author of Finding Violet Park which was also a great short read.
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