The extraordinarily moving, funny and original new novel from the author of the rapturously acclaimed BLOOM.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e "You were born raging, Frances Frida Ripley. That's what happens when you're born in a storm."u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Frances's parents were not prepared for her birth: they had a blanket and an easel and some paint, but not anything useful, like a car or a phone. So it's no wonder Frankie has always had a temper. She was born on a BEACH, in a STORM.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e What Frances was not prepared for was dying in a freak natural disaster that wiped out her whole town.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Waking up 100 years later, Frances finds a whole load of new things to be angry about. And that's before the visitors start turning up, treating her home like it's a tourist attraction. Which it is.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Only there are worse people out there than tourists... and they're coming for Frankie.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Frankie is about to discover that there are things more important than herself - and that anger has its uses. Because when you have a storm inside you - sometimes the only thing to do is let it out...