My Heart & Other Breakables: Alex Barclay

The hilarious and deeply moving diary novel from bestselling author Alex Barclay - this might just be the funniest book ever to make you cry your eyes out.
This is the diary of me, Ellery Brown, aged fifteen and a half. I`m supposed to use it to record my feelings about my mum, since she died. So why do I keep thinking about who my dad might be, instead . . . ?

I have so much stuff to think about - including a whole new life in Ireland. So why can I not stop thinking about my dad? Especially because it is so weird to think about someone you don`t know. Like, literally, I have no idea who my dad is.

My best friend Meg has narrowed it down to three authors my mum knew. (She was an author too.) But they`re not just in different countries; they`re on different continents. Which means fake IDs, passports, plane tickets, and somehow getting away from my self-obsessed grandmother . . .

One thing`s for sure: this year is going to be interesting.