After the death of her beloved father, Ada's idea of how her life should crumbles away as her mother determinedly rids them of all the trappings of their past life. Country house, portraits, her father's books - all gone. Sold or banished to storage.
Never quite fitting in through school years and with her most wanted university place snatched away after a chaotic interview, she grabs onto the lifebelt of a short arts course in Italy, courtesy of her godmother.
Still, however, she feels like an outsider, not belonging in her own life and so far from the life she yearns for.
Never quite fitting in through school years and with her most wanted university place snatched away after a chaotic interview, she grabs onto the lifebelt of a short arts course in Italy, courtesy of her godmother.
Still, however, she feels like an outsider, not belonging in her own life and so far from the life she yearns for.