Persimmon lives a solitary life, pouring her passion into the florist shop she owns in the underground railway station. Her only companion is Rose, a talking cabbage. Intriguing young men come and go but Persimmon has yet to find the love of her life. Several levels beneath Persimmon's shop lives a mouse called Epiphany. Epiphany has a questing mind. She wants to know what lies beyond the dark tunnels of her home. As in all good fables, Persimmon and Epiphany are destined to meet. And when they do, life will never be the same again.

Cassandra Golds, the award-winning author of The Three Loves of Persimmon, has written a literary, supernatural thriller for young adults, retelling, in part, the romantic legend of Sir Galahad. Deirdre is alone in a crumbling block of flats after her grandmother dies. While looking out the window one day, she sees a boy who is familiar. She hasn't seen him in years but Deirdre and Gal share a secret. Together, he and Deirdre must discover the secret of the old building, before it collapses and the secret is lost forever . . . A beguilingly beautiful novel about what it means to love – from the winner of the 2011 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Praise for Cassandra Golds' novel, The Three Loves of Persimmon: 'Part parable, part surrealist fable, part love story, the best word to describe this book is beautiful. The characters are beautifully drawn, the setting beautifully original, magical and seductive and the...