Summer by Ali Smith

The dazzling finale to Ali Smith's literary tour de force. In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert is just trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. What do people who think they've got nothing in common have in common? Summer.