Our Hearts Hang from the Lemon Trees

‘A beautifully sculpted and tender memoir.’ – Sunday Times

‘A daughter’s wry, remarkable memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional family [and a] remarkable and unusual book… yet this is no misery memoir. Rutherford’s writing reveals tenderness [and] deep affection.’
– Financial Times

‘A heady evocation of summer.’ – Telegraph

‘A beautifully told family history.’ – RED magazine

‘Evocative and bittersweet – a poignant family saga.’ – The Bookseller


A hauntingly original memoir about a girl caught between two families, about losing and finding love, and about poems that can save your life.