[1] A modern-day reinterpretation of Ovid's myth of Iphis,[2] it concerns two sisters, Anthea and Imogen (Midge) living in Inverness.

Imogen works in the marketing department of a large company producing bottled water, Anthea is on work experience in the same department but then falls in love with Robin, a genderqueer environmental activist.

It also vividly portrays her sister Imogen and her joyful emergence from low self-esteem.

The cover drawing on the first edition is by Tracey Emin and entitled Self-portrait as a Small Bird.

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