After her mother dies, Denise finds it a struggle to adapt to her situation. Even more so when he father later remarries and Denise starts to feel like something of a misfit.
Tensions flair in their home ion London when Denise attempts to rival her stepmother for the love of her father
She even attempts to sabotage her stepmother's strict religious Jewish observance.
When she hits sixteen, Denise makes a shocking discovery about the death of her mother that will eventually change the course of her life.
Denise finds a measure of escape when she is in the loving company of her grandmother, Vera, who dotes on Denise.
Vera had fled to England as a child refugee from Nazi persecution. Vera assists Denise to enrol in a Sixth Form boarding college in northern England. However, vile antisemitism mars her idyllic life.
After Denise finishes at university she visits Israel and is enchanted by the modern state of Israel, but concerned at the fact it has to be continually at war with its neighbours.
After her boyfriend is wounded, seriously, she returns to England, in a state of deep distress and confusion. Interestingly moral support and sympathy from a compassionate and caring British Pakistani helps to inculcate in her a desire to continue with her life.
It's a moving and thoughtful book that is published by Matador at a cost of £8.99.
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