The story spans many events in the lives of the Bird family over the years from 1981 through to 2011. Most of the story is centered around the mother, Lorelei. There is also the father, Colin, and the four children, Megan, Beth and the twins Rory and Rhys. They live in a cottage in the Cotswolds.
Lorelei lives only for the present and is a really happy and colourful character. Over time, what started as collecting a few things which were pretty and colourful, turns into an obsession. When Megan leaves the family home she becomes the complete opposite of her mother. She is obsessively clean, neat, tidy and minimalist.
A tragic event happens in the family home one Easter Sunday. None of them can talk to each other about what happened but all their lives are affected and the family is slowly torn apart.
I enjoyed this story and the interaction between different members of the family, although some of the relationships were a bit obscure. There were a couple of occasions whilst reading the book, just as when I am watching television programmes about very dirty houses and people who hoard, when I felt a need to put the book down to go and sort, tidy or clean something!
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