Author(s): Monica McInerney

General fiction

Does loyalty come at a price, and do we tell lies about our lives to protect others, or to protect ourselves? Is it possible to re-invent yourself or do we carry the past and our family with us? The Faradays were an incredibly close family and it was therefore perfectly natural that when her mother was away on research trips, Maggie should be brought up by her four aunts, Juliet, Miranda, Eliza and Sadie, each who had individually so much to offer her. A shocking event one winter's night brought Maggie's life to a halt ending a five-year relationship with her boyfriend in the process. On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, she's living alone in New York and has given up her successful business, when a visit from her grandfather reveals some surprising news and an interesting proposition to help him track down someone who was very important to him. Someone very special from his past. After twenty years, Maggie finds out what happened the year she turned ten. The year her mother went missing. The year no-one has ever spoken about. Praise for Monica McInerney: "You'll be laughing out loud one minute and crying the next." - "Cosmopolitan Magazine". "Big-hearted family saga."