A bold psychological debut from a captivating voice.  Meer

Witty, honest, gently philosophical - a brilliant British novel that will delight readers of Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation.  Meer

As a young girl Gwen thought it impossible that she could ever succeed as an artist, and yet the observations of the small incidents of life, recorded here in delightful prose and beautiful illustrations, reveal an artist's careful eye.  Meer

'The best of these Darwins is that they are cut out of rock - three taps is enough to convince one how immense is their solidarity.' So wrote Virginia Woolf affectionately of Gwen Raverat, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin.  Meer