Only hours after boarding a train, Alice is lying in hospital in a coma after an accident that could have been a suicide attempt. With her life hanging in the balance her family sit by her side where long-buried tensions start to rise to the surface.
Only hours after boarding a train, Alice is lying in hospital in a coma after an accident that could have been a suicide attempt. With her life hangin...
In a keenly observed portrayal of metropolitan lives, Maggie O'Farrell explores the ambivalence at the heart of intimate relationships whilst telling a superbly imagined tale of a haunting.
In a keenly observed portrayal of metropolitan lives, Maggie O'Farrell explores the ambivalence at the heart of intimate relationships whilst telling ...
When the bohemian, sophisticated Innes Kent turns up by chance on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer for her life to begin, and leaves for London. There, at the heart of the 1950s Soho art scene, she carves out a new life for herself, with Innes at her side.
When the bohemian, sophisticated Innes Kent turns up by chance on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer for her life to beg...