Publisher's Synopsis
Two brothers. One cartoon dog. And a load of trouble. 15-year-old Laurence Roach just wants a normal life, but it's not easy when your mum is a depressed alcoholic, and your 6-year-old brother thinks he's a dog. When Mum fails to come home one night Laurence tells nobody, terrified they will be taken into care if anyone finds out. Instead, he keeps up the pretence that mum is still around: dressing in her clothes to trick the neighbours and spinning an increasingly complicated web of lies. After two weeks on their own, running out of food and money and with suspicious adults closing in, Laurence finally finds out what has happened to his mother....
