The unmissable finale to Ali Smith`s dazzling literary tour de force: the Seasonal quartet concludes in 2020 with Summer In the present, Sacha knows the world`s in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world`s in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn`t even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they`re living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. They`re family, but they think they`re strangers. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they`ve got nothing in common have in common? Summer.