Allegra in Three Parts

Macmillan

Eleven-year- old Allegra shuttles between her two grandmothers, who couldn’t be any more different. Holocaust survivor Matilde puts great importance on duty and discipline, while Joy is full of colour, emotion and possibility. Allegra’s father is trying to be a good parent – but he is still grieving the woman linking them all together, so he finds distraction in gambling and solace in surfing.