Iain Maitland

Once upon a time, there lived a happy family called the Maitlands. Until October 2012, when Iain received a message. Michael had been taken to hospital. Years of anxiety, depression and anorexia had taken their toll, and he had pneumonia and a collapsed lung....

Behind the normal door of a normal house, in a normal street, two men are slowly driving each other insane. One of them is a psychopath. The father: Mr Todd is at his wits' end. He's been robbed of his job as a tax inspector and is now stuck at home...with him....

Lucy will carry Sophie's child. But she does want something in return… Sophie should be the happiest woman in the world. A good job. A nice home. Best of all, she is married to Matt, the love of her life. But there's one thing she doesn't have—a baby. She knows that without a child of her...

A wonderfully written account of a father's relationship with his troubled son, as told through his funny, tender letters. In 2007 Michael Maitland left home for university, and in the years that followed he developed depression, OCD and, almost fatally, anorexia. It was only when Michael was...