'Wonderful and mad' Roddy Doyle 'Sparks with tender charm and humour . . . Fresh; bleakly funny' Sunday Times 'Tender; laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving' Louise O'Neill 'GAS and beautiful and truthful and touching' Marian Keyes; author of Grown Ups 'A novel for anyone who's ever felt lost in the world' John Boyne; author of The Heart's Invisible Furies 'Sharp; clever and affecting' The Independent 'Beautifully written . . . emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking' Daily Mail 'Astonishing' Stacey Halls; author of The Familiars Debbie's brain isn't perfect. Debbie's thoughts aren't unique. Debbie's dreams are all too real. Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother; Maeve; and her uncle; Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams; which she believes to be prophecies. This world is Debbie's normal; but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble; things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker; while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest; most difficult parts of herself and her small life. But if the Whites are mad; they are also fiercely loving; and each other's true place of safety. Startling; fresh and utterly unique; Snowflake is a story of messy families; messier friendships and how new chapters often mean starting right back at the beginning. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PICK