A story of Jewish chef's bestselling cookbook expropriated under the Nazi regime and published for decades under a false name - by her granddaughter, a historian.
Suitable for modern Britons keen to get beneath the skin of the country that more than any other influences their lives, for intelligent Americans open to an oblique look at their own country, and for railway lovers everywhere.
A lyrical novel in the vein of Sara Baume and Eimear McBride, about marginalisation, mental illness and the power of nature and motherhood in restoring hope