Anna Raverat – författare

Ten years ago, Rachel had an affair. It left her life in pieces. Now, writing at her window, she tries to put those pieces together again.She has her memories, recollections of dreams, and her old yellow notebook. More than anything, she wants to be honest.Rachel knows that her memory is patchy and her notebook incomplete. But there is something else. Something terrible happened to her lover.Her account is hypnotic, delicate, disquieting and bold. But is she telling us the truth?

Kate is smart, successful and adept at making people feel at home: her husband Adam, her children, the guests of the hotel chain she works for. But her own foundations are about to be knocked away – for while Kate has been building a life, Adam's attention has been elsewhere. Who is the woman he’s been emailing? And whose number keeps showing up on his phone? Kate tries to hold things together for her daughters, but what can she say, now Adam won’t be coming home? As Kate searches for answers, she is forced to reassess her family, her future, and the man she thought she knew . . .