Unless Condition:Very Good has the mind of a

has the mind of a young child

By the beginning of our own century

A concubine rediscovers her love for life

His parents are long dead

Unless Condition:Very Good has the mind of aReta Winters has a loving family, good friends, and growing success as a writer of light fiction. Then her eldest daughter suddenly withdraws from the world, abandoning university to sit on a street corner, wearing a sign that reads only 'goodness'. As Reta seeks the causes of her daughter's retreat, her enquiry turns into an unflinching, often very funny meditation on society and where we find meaning and hope. Unless is a dazzling and daring novel