New York: Canongate U.S., (2004). First edition - The author's highly praised first novel, a "a portrait both of a city and a generation, offering a female perspective on the harsh truth of growing up in today's Britain. Nineteen-year-old Millie O'Reilly is clever, spiky and adored by men, but feels increasingly trapped. She seeks escape in the hedonistic underbelly of Liverpool, getting off on rough sex and cheap highs. Shockingly candid and brutally poetic. . " 296 pp. ISBN: 1-841954845.