It is the mid-sixties, and fourteen-year-old Cassandra Fitzpatrick is growing up in a household full of waifs and strays and general misfits. Despite her unorthodox home life she is generally happy - until something happens to her that turns her wold upside down. Years later, as her beloved mother lies dying, the adult Cass is reassessing the experiences, good and bad, that have made her who she is. The Birds, the Bees and Other Secrets is the heartbreaking and heartwarming story of how one woman comes to terms with her extraordinary past and eventually finds happiness.
