Lucy spends 9 weeks in hospital, during this time her mother comes to visit her. She has not had contact with her mother for some time but the circumstances allow them to have the only meaningful interaction they have ever had. Lucy moved out of her class according to her background and I felt her to be in class limbo, not belonging to the background she had come from or moved to. Having not had a close relationship with her mother, Lucy feels acutely the separation from her children during her illness. I emphasised with many of Lucy's problems, especially the desire to be a different parent to your children than the ones you experienced. I liked the conversational style of the book, I enjoyed how slight some of the details included where, it made the story feel autobiographical, which I do not think it was.