Jo and her crazy Chinese and English aka Chinglish, family move to Coventry to live in two rooms above a Chinese takeaway her parents run.
As her younger sister makes friends with an older girl, shoplifts and smokes, her brother Simon was caught stealing and went to live with their grandparents while Jo is left longing for a better future than being married off or owning the takeaway!
We see Jo make friends with goth Tina, get her first boyfriend, deal with bullies, discover a passion for art as a career and also how disappointed she feels about her parents as we get to see how truly horrific home life can secretly be behind doors.
Raising awareness of domestic abuse/violence this book was open and honest showing the raw side of life within some families. I loved hearing about dancing bonkers goats and entering a competition to win a scholarship to fashion school which sounds crazy amazing and in general this book was a fabulous debut and everyone will laugh, cry and love this book, I guarantee.
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
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