Publisher's Synopsis
An accomplished first novel by the well-known politician... The Clematis Tree opens happily, and deceptively, with a party in a sunny Surrey garden to celebrate the christening of Mark and Claire's new daughter, Pippa. Then, disaster. Jeremy, their young son spots a wild rabbit racing across the garden. Giving chase, Jeremy forgets what he has been told and rushes through the main gate in to the lane. A speeding car knocks him down, and although Jeremy survives he is now severely brain-damaged. His family are forced to cope with a catastrophe they never imagined could happen to them...
