From the author of the Orange Prize long-listed, The Pink HotelCathy is a young woman who escapes her feral childhood in a rundown chalet on the East coast of England to become a curator of natural history in Berlin. Although seemingly liberated from her destructive past, she commemorates her most significant memories and love affairs âe" one savage, one innocent, one full of potential âe" in a collection of objects that form a bizarre museum of her life. When an old lover turns up at a masked party at Berlinâe(tm)s natural history museum and events take a terrifying turn, Cathy must confront their shared secrets in order to protect her future. This is an exquisitely crafted, rare and original work.
