A Sainsburys Magazine Book Club pick 2020Tense, dark and so real as to be almost unbearable, this novel is utterly compelling Rosamund LuptonVeronica and her wealthy husband George are unpacking boxes, hoping a fresh start in their newly refurbished Victorian terrace will help them heal from a recent trauma. Next door, Simone returns to her neglected council flat. Miserable and trapped, she struggles to take care of her children under the watch of her controlling husband Terry. When childhood friend Sarah reenters Veronicas life, things are thrown even further off balance. As tensions in their own lives rise, the painful memory that binds them threatens to spill into their present.Three lives collide in this story of family, inequality and revenge.An exploration of what it means to be a woman, a moral person, a parent, and a neighbour Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days and Harmless Like YouVivid, poignant, and compelling Saskia SarginsonOne of our best writers Louis de Bernires, author of the international bestseller Captain Corellis MandolinIrresistibly entertaining A.S. HatchTransfixing Hilary Boyd, author of Thursdays in the Park and The LieA rare example of fiction that is equally literary and commercial Ophelia Field, author of The FavouriteExquisitely written Jane Corry, author of My Husbands Wife and Blood SistersBeautifully written Rachael BlokA cut above others in this genre WI Life magazinePraise for Jemma WayneLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMENS PRIZE...

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: Legend Press Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 382 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 24

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