From the prizewinning author of God''s Own Country and A Natural comes a moving and intimate exploration of marriage, devotion and sacrifice, and a woman''s enduring search for freedom.
''One of our best novelists'' Daily Mail
''A superb achievement'' Guardian
''Moving...and beautiful'' Irish Times
Anita is a talented sous-chef at a high-end London restaurantAt home, however, her husband Patrick is suffering from dementia and declining rapidly.
As she is thrown between two conflicting worlds, Anita must make a decision: should she free them both by acting on his last plea for mercy, or should she remain faithful to the person Patrick used to be?
It''s a decision complicated by ambition and the guilt of her own past - and by her intensifying friendship with another man, Peter, and the temptation of a new life.
Format |
Häftad |
Omfång |
464 sidor |
Språk |
Engelska |
Förlag |
Vintage Publishing |
Utgivningsdatum |
2023-08-10 |
ISBN |
9781784702779 |