Almost English

<p><b>&lsquo;The multi award-winning Charlotte Mendelson is famous for whipping up the hottest, messiest family dramas a writer of literary fiction can . . . This is late Shakespeare meets <i>Modern Family </i>and it&rsquo;s irresistible&rsquo; &ndash; <i>The Times</i></b><br><br>In a tiny flat in West London, sixteen-year-old Marina lives with her emotionally delicate mother and three ancient Hungarian relatives. Imprisoned by her family&rsquo;s crushing expectations and their traditions, she knows she must escape.<br><br>At Combe Abbey, a traditional English private boarding school in the Dorset countryside, Marina realizes she&rsquo;s made a terrible mistake. Here, among the boathouses, chapel services and unspoken social hierarchy, she is the awkward half-foreign girl who doesn&rsquo;t know how to fit in, flirt, or even exist.<br><br>Meanwhile, her mother has her own painful se