Gripping, hilarious and tender, this is, without doubt, one of the books of the year * Daily Mail *
The novel brilliantly captures parent-child relations in the raw and the emotions that even the most experienced social worker can't tame * Independent *
An amusing and unsettling story * Saturday Guardian *
This is family life at its most believable: warm and messy, bored and raging. WHAT I DID is every parent's nightmare, but will make you burst out laughing too. I loved it. * Emma Donoghue, author of ROOM *
I loved it! Staggeringly good. Terrifyingly good * Lisa Jewell *
Hugely impressive, gripping, funny and thought provoking * Emily Barr *
Excellent . . . Dark but uplifting * Alex Preston *
[A] fine, challenging novel * Mail on Sunday *