"Extremely funny, often laugh-out-loud so...with her penchant for unexpected twists and smart jet-propelled dialogue, Semple has a way of combining a technologically savvy, ice-cool wit with a stealthy ability to show gradually a character's warmer side"
Sunday Times

"A clever, witty page-turner with sparkling dialogue, some hilarious episodes and a heart that gradually melts"
Mail On Sunday

"[A] deeply touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's place in the world. A seriously compulsive read"
Stylist

"In what is at times a sad and painful tale about family dysfunction, black comedy waylays sentimentality...a witty, thrilling adventure about creation, destruction, the Antarctic - and the maternal bond"
Observer

"The funniest book I've read in a decade. I laughed to the point of crying on an airplane. My wife thought I'd lost my mind until she read it a few days later"
Marie Claire