Brilliant portrayal of an aristocratic family who lose everything to gambling. A father whose significance and esteem plum to new depths as a result of the gambling and his young daughter whose life is spiraling out of control as a consequence of drugs and infatuation. These turbulent experiences are told with extraordinary honesty, elegance and wit.
Laura is born to a wealthy family, and lives on a vast Northumberland estate - until her father gambles away the family fortune and a move to London prefigures drastic change.
