When Clare, married with three children, renews acquaintance with someone whom she slept with at a teenage party you are left wondering if the relationship will be re-ignited. As well as Clare's story, we get to know about her family, including her thrice married father and his numerous interesting offspring. With the help of a handy family tree at the front of the book and the beautiful style of debutant novelist Tessa Hadley, I found that I could really immerse myself in the trials and tribulations of this extended family.