Leila has never met Tess, but she knows more about her than anyone in the world. Tess has never met Leila, but she is about to trust Leila with her life. One of them has never really lived, the other one can't face living any more. Together they concoct the perfect lie. But how long will it survive? Picador's biggest debut of 2013, this introduces a clever and highly original new voice to women's fiction and is guaranteed to provoke conversation and debate.