A debut novel set in the south of France, by a prize-winning short story writer. Tells the captivating story of Pea (Peony to her English mother, Pivoine to her French father), the world she creates to win back her mother's love, and the stranger she trusts to save them both. Elegantly written, haunting, and incredibly gripping, this is a novel about innocence and experience, grief and compassion, and the dangers of an overactive imagination.