Versions of a Girl 'A wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' Daisy Buchanan

<p>'If you read anything this summer make sure it's this. An absolute bloody masterpiece'<br><b>Daisy May Cooper</b><br><br>'Tender, lush and electric; a wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' <br><b>Daisy Buchanan</b><br><br>'Exquisite, stunning, executed brilliantly' <br><b>Poorna Bell<br></b>____<br><br><b>Do we become who we are because of our parents, or in spite of them?</b><br><br><b>Fern's mother</b> is a social climber and a former ballet dancer who lives a plush life in a London townhouse. <br><br><b>Fern's father</b> only climbs if there's a bottle at the top, has an IQ of 133 and lives hand-to-mouth in Californian motels.<br><br>Aged fourteen, Fern has spent equal time with each of her parents. That is, until an unexpected visitor triggers a life-changing dilemma: whether she should get on a plane to London to be with her mother, or stay in California with her father. Here, Fern's narrative splices in two.<br><br>Two possible lives, one person. Each Fern will grow in wildly different, but eerily similar directions. Both must determine who they want to be - and how they deal with a thorny problem which threatens to undo them all: a murder.<br><br>Warm and brilliantly wise, this is the irresistible fiction debut from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober.</i></p>