Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.
Not as good the Jellicoe Road and The Piper's Son but good nonetheless. I love the friendship dynamics between Francesca, Siobhan, Tarah, Justine, Thomas and Jimmy. And the romance between Frankie and Will Trombal is really cute. I really wonder as to how Marchetta manages to squeeze a lot of things in a little space without cluttering the whole story.
