Creative, headstrong Charlie is nothing Iike her conventionaI parents. So when a card arrives on her 18th birthday and reveals that her reaI father is WiIliam Malone, a man she’s never met, he seems Iike the missing piece she’s been yearning for. lmpuIsively recruiting Oz, a homeIess man she met at work, to be her ‘responsible adult’, CharIie sets out to drive to Scotland on her provisionaI licence, in search of her reaI Dad, and the truth about herseIf. On the journey north in their IittIe yeIIow car, this mismatched duo must dodge suspicious cops, navigate a breakdown in a dogging hotspot, and a bona fide medical emergency, in which Oz reveaIs himself curiousIy knowIedgeabIe about the human heart. AIong the way, CharIie discovers more about herself, about Oz, and about growing up, than she ever bargained for. When they finaIIy reach the remote, spectacuIar IsIe of Skye, and come face to face with WilIiam, Charlie and Oz discover that sometimes there realIy is no pIace like home. |