A 'violent experience' at the age of nine colours Jessica Vye's schooldays and her reaction to the world around her, for she has been told that she is, 'beyond all possible doubt', a born writer.

A moving, Booker-shortlisted story of a girl's coming of age

The third novel in the Old Filth trilogy

* A reissue of one of Jane Gardam's best-loved novels

Another masterpiece from Jane Gardam and the second novel in the Old Filth trilogy.

A stunning novel, winner of the Whitbread Award, by the author of Old Filth and Last Friends.

* A brilliant, witty and moving novel about keeping the faith in extreme adversity