Shropshire, 1875. Hettie Jones has grown up in Ironbridge. She has never known her father &, since her mother's death, has
...Aimee Kendrick is no stranger to heartache.
Having lost her father during the Great War & her mother, a famous French
...
Seattle, 1972: Neil Countryman & John William Barry, two teenage boys from very different backgrounds, are at the start of an 800m race. Their lives collide for the first time, & so begins an extraordinary friendship. As they grow older Neil follows the conventional route of the American dream, but the eccentric, fiercely intelligent John William makes radically different choices, dropping out of college & moving deep into the woods. Convinced it is the only way to live without hypocrisy, John William enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, drawing his oldest friend into a web of secrets & agonising responsibility, deceit & tragedy
- one that will finally break open with an unexpected, life-altering revelation.