The Richard & Judy Bookclub pick that readers are falling in love with ' It's been a long time since I read anything so compelling & satisfying At times incredibly funny at others heartrending'
- Sarah Winman author of Tin Man Forced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant & alone in search of a new life at just sixteen She knows she has no choice but to believe that the nun she entrusts her child to will find him a better life Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or so his parents are constantly reminding him Adopted as a baby he's never quite felt at home with the family that treats him more as a curious pet than a son But it is all he has ever known & so begins one man's desperate search to find his place in the world Unspooling & unseeing Cyril is a misguided heart-breaking heartbroken fool Buffeted by the harsh winds of circumstance towards the one thing that might save him from himself but when opportunity knocks will he have the courage finally take it?