I Couldn't Love You More by Esther Freud vegan said Tony Allen-Mills in The

said Tony Allen-Mills in The Sunday Times

delving into long-hidden archives to find the human story behind a very modern haunting

Jaxie Clackton is a teenager whose mother has died of cancer and who lives in a small town in western Australia with his violently alcoholic father

As he writes in the opening pages

I Couldn't Love You More by Esther Freud vegan said Tony Allen-Mills in TheAn unforgettable novel of mothers and daughters, wives and muses, secrets and outright lies'Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller' THE TIMES'Such a powerful book' RICHARD CURTIS'Delivers an emotional punch that left me in tears' RACHEL JOYCE'Utterly compelling' HANNAH ROTHSCHILD'I couldn't love it more' POLLY SAMSON'I loved this book' AMANDA CRAIG'Completely, inspiringly wonderful' BARBARA TRAPIDO'Breathtakingly beautiful' JULIET