History
Author Clare Allan spent ten years in a mental health institution.
The book was adapted by Sarah Williams and Cowboy Films to a 90-minute drama shown on Channel 4 on 31 March, 2008 and starred Anna Maxwell Martin as N and Naomie Harris as Poppy. The book was short-listed for the BT Mind Book of the year 2007 and long-listed for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007.
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