The perfect book club spring read from the Sunday Times<\/i> bestselling author.<\/p>\n
In 1960s Italy, a family secret rips a teenage girl’s world apart, only for her to discover its true meaning decades later.<\/p>\n
‘Moss makes every moment count’ – The Sunday Times<\/i>
‘A book of lasting pleasures’ – Eleanor Catton, Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries<\/i>
‘Powerful and beautifully written’ – The Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Just out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.<\/p>\n
Decades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and finally free. But with the arrival of an unexpected message, Edith must face the truth of that long-ago summer, and the secret she has carried for a lifetime.<\/p>\n
‘Tender and rueful’ – Emma Donoghue, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Room<\/i>
‘A delicious novel’ – Literary Review<\/i>
‘Sublime . . . glorious’ – Vogue<\/i>
‘Luminous’ – Financial Times<\/i>
‘Beautifully crafted . . . absorbing and moving’ – Daily Mail<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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