Phyllis is content with her life, playing the role of dutiful wife and mother effortlessly. But, when she hosts a dinner for Nicky, a 20- something aspiring journalist, something awakens in her. As 1960’s London comes alive with a new counterculture, Phyllis comes alive as well, and takes control of her own life and destiny.

Tessa Hadley’s dreamy and thought-provoking prose brings new life to the ordinariness of suburban domesticity, painting a complex picture of one woman’s rediscovery of herself against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world.  – Skye & Diana