The Family String Denise Picton

ULTIMO PRESS

Twelve-year- old Dorcas, her mother’s least favourite child, dreams of having a dog or perhaps a guinea pig called Thruppence. Her sister, Ruthy, wants to go to writing school, and her brother, Caleb, wants to play sport with a local team. But her family belongs to the Christadelphian faith, which means they aren’t allowed to be ‘of the world’. The Family String is a darkly amusing and poignant coming- of-age story of a fraught motherdaughter dynamic, and the secrets that adults try to hide from their children.