Touching on mental health, family, friendship and the pressures that teenage carers face, as author Cat Clarke says, Tender is "a compassionate, compelling and unflinching novel".
And then what?.
But the thing about pretending is, at some point, it has to stop.
They both pretend they\'re fine.
Daisy pretends her parents aren\'t exhausting themselves while they look after her incurably ill brother.
Marty pretends his mum\'s grip on reality isn\'t slipping by the day.
Marty and Daisy spend their lives pretending.
Touching on mental health, family, friendship and the pressures that teenage carers face, as author Cat Clarke says, Tender is "a compassionate, compelling and unflinching novel"