Peony Pinker is fed up with her family. Her mum's workinglong hours setting up her gardening business and her dad isn't pulling hisweight around the house, so they're arguing all the time.

Her big sister,Primrose, is stressed about her exams and taking it out on everyone elseincluding her lovely boyfriend Matt.

Peony's Gran tells her you can choose yourfriends but not your family; as you can't have the family you want, you have tolearn to want the family you've got. ‘Not possible!' thinks Peony. But Gran is sure she'll thinkof something. As most of Gran's ideas go horribly wrong, Peonyknows there will be even more trouble ahead...