What will the world look like tomorrow, what will it feel like tomorrow? In this gripping debut novel, Cass has to survive and parent three children in a time when everything seems to be catching fire. Her husband has abandoned her to work as a doctor in an overseas war, and she is thrown on her own resources of courage, love and initiative. The startling intimacy of Roz Dineen’s prose coupled with her ability to paint a convincing picture of impending ecological and social dangers make this an immersive and deeply troubling vision of what lies ahead for all of us. – Natasha Walter