Unbecoming

Written by Jenny Downham

Narrated by Jenny Downham

Three women - three secrets - one heart-stopping story.

Katie, 17, in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal. Her mother, Caroline, uptight, worn out and about to find the past catching up with her. Katie's grandmother, Mary, back with the family after years of mysterious absence and capable of anything, despite suffering from Alzheimer's.

As Katie cares for an elderly woman who brings daily chaos to her life, she finds herself drawn to her. Rules get broken as allegiances shift. Is Mary contagious? Is badness genetic? In confronting the past, Katie is forced to seize the present. As Mary slowly unravels and family secrets are revealed, Katie learns to live and finally dares to love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd Audio
• Release date: Jan 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781445056005

Jenny Downham

Jenny Downham trained as an actor and worked in alternative theatre before starting to write. Her first book, Before I Die, is an international bestseller. It won the Branford Boase Award, the Australian Silver Inky Award for best international novel, and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Her second novel, You Against Me, won the Waterstones Teen Fiction Prize. Jenny hopes that this story will encourage more girls to make a noise so that their voices can be heard.