The Hidden Life of Hanna Why, Tafelberg, 2007
Meet Hanna Why – cheeky, intelligent, imaginative, and the next teen writing sensation. Meet Hanna's family- an actor stepfather, a gay father, a detestable halfbrother, two stepbrothers and an eccentric mother who wears paintbrushes in her hair.
Hanna's mom decides all of them should spend the winter holidays in a remote house on a mountain, as a type of extended 'family honeymoon', so they can get to know one another better. A good idea on paper, dear reader, but fraught with disaster in real life ...