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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Me Before You and the new 2023 novel Someone Else’s Shoes.
When twenty-one year old Joy meets handsome naval officer Edward at an ex-pat party in 1950s Hong Kong, the last thing she expects is to fall in love. Quickly wedded, she leaves to travel the world with her new husband. But she soon discovers that married life isn’t all that it seems . . .
In 1980, Joy’s young daughter Kate mysteriously flees the family home. Fifteen years later, Kate’s own daughter Sabine leaves London in search of grandparents she has never known. When the family is finally reunited, hidden tensions come to the surface, uncovering a dark secret which has been deeply buried for years . . .
When twenty-one year old Joy meets handsome naval officer Edward at an ex-pat party in 1950s Hong Kong, the last thing she expects is to fall in love. Quickly wedded, she leaves to travel the world with her new husband. But she soon discovers that married life isn’t all that it seems . . .
In 1980, Joy’s young daughter Kate mysteriously flees the family home. Fifteen years later, Kate’s own daughter Sabine leaves London in search of grandparents she has never known. When the family is finally reunited, hidden tensions come to the surface, uncovering a dark secret which has been deeply buried for years . . .
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Reviews
An enjoyable read and a promising debut novel.
This perceptive novel does the mothers-and-daughters thing in page-turning style . . . Be sure that your bookmark is a hankie
An emotional roller-coaster of a read.
The attitudes of these strong-minded women and their generations are masterfully captured
I enjoyed this novel very much
A very beautiful and very moving story
This is a remarkable first novel, rich and deep and full of wonderfully realized characters. Oh, these women!
A really really good book. One of the best I have read for you. I could identify with so much... It had everything going for it. It was well written with well rounded characters and a very good story to boot! Marks: 9/10. I am almost tempted to give it a 10/10!
A thoughtful first novel about mothers, daughters and lovers.
Engrossing