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On the brink of adulthood, Olly's life has fallen apart after a disastrous summer of failed exams and first love, resulting in a police warning and a mental health diagnosis. Olly's father, Sean, decides to take him on a road trip to Iceland in order to 'fix' him. But it's not Olly who's broken; it's Sean. As they tour the country, Olly's breathtaking encounters with Iceland, and the music and friends he makes along the way, slowly enable him to regain his confidence, while Sean descends into a crisis of his own making. His wife has gone radio silent, his boss wants to fire him and he's drinking again. When his father disappears, Olly realises it's time to step up and take charge.

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""A moving and intimately drawn study of a strained father-son relationship"" ""A welcome addition to coming-of-age fiction in which the author sensitively explores themes of addiction and identity""

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Sarah Holding is a full-time author, who divides her time between living and working in London and Japan. Her debut title SeaBEAN (2013), an adventure trilogy now taught in many schools across the UK, has a strong environmental message and falls into the literary genre of 'cli-fi'. Her two subsequent YA novels, Chameleon (2020) and blackloop (2023) also feature characters grappling with aspects of climate change. In 2021 she published her first poetry anthology to help young children recover a sense of belonging and reconnect with the world after lockdown. Sarah is known for her innovative author-led creative writing workshops for schools and has inspired many young writers.

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