Following Autumn, a Booker Prize finalist, Winter, an Orwell Prize finalist, and Spring, an Orwell Prize nominee, Scottish writer Ali Smith concludes her brilliant four-part foray into the state of the British peoples with this Orwell Prize winner. In the present, Sacha sees the world is in trouble. Her mother and father are having trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. And the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, for a different brother and sister, it's a lovely summer, though they know they're on borrowed time.

"A deeply resonant finale to a work that should come to be recognized as a classic … for its humor, allusions, deft use of time and memory, sharply realized characters, and delightfully relevant digressions."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)