Territory of Light children's book A grumpy yet loveable man

A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door

destructive ghost of her baby

and gender inequality ever higher on the news agenda

Includes some material adapted from the Ask Philippa columns in Observer Magazine

Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks

Territory of Light children's book A grumpy yet loveable manTerritory of Light is the luminous story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her three year old daughter. Its twelve, stand alone fragments follow the first year of her separation from her husband. The novel is full of light, sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous: sunlight streaming through windows, dappled light in the park, distant fireworks, dazzling floodwater, desaturated streetlamps and earth shaking explosions. The seemingly