The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison

Another on the Orange prize shortlist.

This book is set in the second world war and follows a young girl evacuated to a large country house in Yorkshire, which is set up as a war time boarding school. The novel focuses on her relationship with her teachers at the boarding school and how that affects her relationship with her parents. Meanwhile, the owners of the country house have their own relationship difficulties which the young girl gets inadvertantly involved in.

I enjoyed this book and it is a fairly easy read. I didn't think it was particularly memorable but it is quite a good holiday read.