Cuckoo in the Nest: A Daily Mail Book of the Year

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'Fresh, authentic and darkly funny. It's a beautifully told story full of warmth and emotion without ever being sentimental - I absolutely loved it' Ruth Hogan, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things

Its the heatwave summer of 1976 and 14-year-old would be poet Jackie Chadwick is newly fostered by the Walls. She desperately needs stability, but their insecure, jealous teenage daughter isn't happy about the cuckoo in the nest and sets about ousting her.

When her attempts to do so lead to near-tragedy and the Walls veneer of middle-class respectability begins to crumble everyone in the household is forced to reassess what really matters.

Funny and poignant, Cuckoo in the Nest is inspired by Fran Hills own experience of being fostered. A glorious coming of age story set in the summer of 1976.

'Vivid, funny, nostalgic and utterly charming' Veronica Henry, author, How to Find Love in a Bookshop
'Totally evokes a seventies childhood' Joanna Nadin, author, Paradise

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Fran Hill is a 60-year-old retired English teacher and self-employed writer with two previous books: a self-published novella and a memoir. This is her first full-length work of fiction. She has three grown-up children and two grandchildren and lives in Warwickshire with her gardener husband. You can find out more about Fran and her work at www.franhill.co.uk.