Young, free and at last in a decent living space in the city Martha's luck appears to have changed but there is no escaping her family. Unsettling, often unintentionally funny this is a refreshing antidote to Bridget Jones's Diary.
At their last meeting they had talked for nearly two hours about concerns he had for his sister, that she had fallen in with a nasty crowd whom he feared depended too readily on drugs, and that he didn't know how to get through to her without being heavy-handed. Between them they evolved a strategy for his dealings with her that was kind but would not make him feel he had colluded with the more negative aspects of her behaviour.
