Clock Winder

''Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age'' Daily Mail

Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons, with their seven adult children, have a reputation for craziness, and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her ...