On our own - Anne Atkins

Caz is intrigued by the fan letter she receives from nine-year-old Jonathan and readily accepts his invitation to tea. She finds an unusually sensitive and talented child, trying to come to terms with his grief over the recent death of his father, and very protective of his mother, Ann.

Jonathan's dreamy ways and original cast of mind make him something of a misfit in the modern world. But Caz is sure there is more to it than that. And as she comes to know both mother and son, she discovers that all is not quite as it seems in this 'normal' English family...