A man who wants to forget his past and a woman who wants him to remember it are the twin themes of this novel, set in Devon and the north east of England. In 2002, Leila Ward, a Middlesbrough-based journalist comes to Devon in search of Philip Hudson who, in 1952, was involved in an incident which hit the front page of the paper for which Leila works. After this incident, Philip left the north east, has never been back, has never spoken to anyone about what happened in 1952 and now lives quietly, working as a newsagent. A friendship develops between Leila and Philip and gradually he begins to...
A man who wants to forget his past and a woman who wants him to remember it are the twin themes of this novel, set in Devon and the north east of Engl...
