Jenna Coleman

Lila wrote a bestseller about keeping your marriage alive, before discovering her ex was playing happy families with another woman.

Bill, her stepdad, moved in after Lila's mum died. He's kind, old-fashioned and driving her absolutely nuts.

Celie, Lila's eldest, hates school. Hates it so much she's stopped going.

Violet is nine and sings age-inappropriate rap songs and laughs at fart.

And Truant the dog, who has just bitten the American actor who's suddenly landed on the Kennedys' doorstep.

This is Gene - Lila's estranged father, and no one's idea of a role model. He walked out on Lila and her mum years ago.

Because Gene's presence changes things in unexpected ways. Soon the girls discover a kindred spirit in a man always chasing life's joy. Bill even loosens up. And Lila finds herself, astonishingly, dating…