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''A sparky, funny work of genius'' Ali Smith
At the bottom of a great stone staircase, dressed in her mother''s black lace evening dress, twisted in murderous death, lies Janet. So end the sixteen years of Janet''s short life.
A life spent in a draughty Scottish castle, where roses will not grow, and a jackdaw decides to live in the doll''s house.
A life peopled by prettier, smoother-haired siblings, a Nanny with a face like the North Sea and the peculiar, whisky-swigging Cousin Lila.
A life where Janet is perpetually misunderstood - and must turn from people, to animals, to books, to her own wild and wonderful imagination.
A W&N Essential with an introduction from Maggie O''Farrell