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Almost English: the heart-breaking Man Booker-longlisted novel from the author of The Exhibitionist

By (author) Charlotte Mendelson

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â€˜The multi award-winning Charlotte Mendelson is famous for whipping up the hottest, messiest family dramas a writer of literary fiction can . . . This is late Shakespeare meets Modern Family and itâ€™s irresistibleâ€™ â€“ The Times In a tiny flat in West London, sixteen-year-old Marina lives with her emotionally delicate mother and three ancient Hungarian relatives. Imprisoned by her familyâ€™s crushing expectations and their traditions, she knows she must escape. At Combe Abbey, a traditional English private boarding school in the Dorset countryside, Marina realizes sheâ€™s made a terrible mistake. Here, among the boathouses, chapel services and unspoken social hierarchy, she is the awkward half-foreign girl who doesnâ€™t know how to fit in, flirt, or even exist. Meanwhile, her mother has her own painful secrets to deal with â€“ especially the surprising return of the very last man sheâ€™d expect to see. And Marinaâ€™s disastrous spiral at Combe Abbey is going unnoticed . . . â€˜A deliciously funny tale of dysfunctional families. . . Reading Mendelsonâ€™s easy, assured prose is like sinking into something soft and velvetyâ€™ â€“ Telegraph â€˜I read and adored Almost English . . . and now I will read everything sheâ€™s ever written. Charlotte Mendelson is a fiendishly gifted writerâ€™ â€“ Marian Keyes