Gripping insightful & deft Maggie O' Farrell's third novel is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives. It was winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. On a cold February afternoon Stella catches sight of a man she hasn't seen for many years but instantly recognises. Or thinks she does. At the same moment on the other side of the globe in the middle of a crowd of Chinese New Year revellers Jake realises that things are becoming dangerous. They know nothing of one another's existence but both Stella & Jake flee their lives: Jake in search of a place so remote it doesn't appear on any map & Stella for a destination in Scotland the significance of which only her sister Nina will underst&.