
'A singular devastating journey into the ungovernable reaches of the heart' Observer SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 Neve is a writer in her mid-30s married to an older man Edwyn For now they are in a place of relative peace but their past battles have left scars As Neve recalls the decisions that led her to this marriage she tells of other loves & other debts from her bullying father & her self-involved mother to a musician who played her & a series of lonely flights from place to place Drawing the reader into the battleground of her relationship Neve spins a story of helplessness & hostility an ongoing conflict in which both husband & wife have played a part But is this nonetheless also a story of love?