Gifted - Nikita Lalwani

This is the story of the teenage years of a young Indian girl growing up in Wales whose life comes to be increasingly defined by her mathematical ability and her father's ambitions for her, which ultimately tear the family apart. It perfectly captured the painful emotions of a teenage girl out of step with her peers - her self-defeating interactions and compulsive behaviour are utterly convincing and I really felt for her throughout, hoping against all the evidence for a happy ending.