Our Hearts Hang from the Lemon Trees

'A beautifully sculpted and tender memoir.' - Sunday Times 'A daughter's wry, remarkable memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional family [and a] remarkable and unusual book... yet this is no misery memoir. Rutherford's writing reveals tenderness [and] deep affection.' - Financial Times 'A heady evocation of summer.' - Telegraph 'A beautifully told family history.' - RED magazine 'Evocative and bittersweet - a poignant family saga.' - The Bookseller A hauntingly original memoir about a girl caught between two families, about losing and finding love, and about poems that can save your life.