Breathtakingly good - Barbara Trepido, bestselling author of Brother of the More Famous Jack Assured, inventive and entertaining. Brilliant, touching and true - Naomi Alderman, Women's Prize-winning author of The Power A dazzling portrait of a family in crisis * The Guardian * A completely brilliant book. A joy - Viv Groskop * The Observer * Fast-paced and engaging. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. Brilliant, touching and true' - Naomi Alderman, bestselling author of The PowerĪs intelligent as it is funny. 'A comedy with the warmest of hearts and the most deliciously subversive of agendas' - Marie Claire 'Fast-paced and engaging. When We Were Bad is a spellbinding, witty and poignant portrayal of a family in crisis, in love, and in denial. And Claudia's husband, Norman, has an uncharacteristic secret, the imminent unveiling of which he is powerless to stop.

Frances - Claudia's calm, mature, married daughter - tries to hold the nucleus of the family together, but the stress forces her to re-examine her own life, leading her to make a decision as shocking as Leo's. That is until Leo bolts and the gleaming bubble surrounding the Rubins threatens to burst.

Wife, mother, rabbi - and sometimes moral voice of the nation - everyone wants to be with her at her son Leo's glorious wedding. A joy' - Observer In North London, Claudia Rubin is in her heyday.

When We Were Bad by Charlotte Mendelson