The Bad Mother's Handbook meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.Sixteen-year-old Jo makes lists to manage her world, but somehow she still feels out of control. But she has found one way to cope: watching what she eats - or rather, what she doesn't eat. And she's losing weight...but not quickly enough. Lizzie, Jo's mum, doesn't make lists. She's too busy being a single mum, hating her ex-husband's new wife and trying to keep an eye on Jo - who seems to have stopped communicating with her altogether.