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Book SynopsisChristopher and Alexandra's passion for one another raises eyebrows and invites envy. This beautiful, blinkered couple do the unthinkable and run away from home, abandoning their two teenage children. This is a story of obsessive love and a testimony to the bonds that tie us to our past, regardless of distance or time travelled.
Trade Review'So rich it is almost aromatic ... an impressive and important novel.' Nigella Lawson* 'A remarkable and ambitious book, a tribute to Maggie Gee's imaginative power.' Literary Review 'An entertaining, shocking and moral comment about self-delusion.' Irish Times 'The most exhilarating novel I've read all year.' Scotland on Sunday 'A rich story of the heart told through a harlequin pattern of alternating voices, each of which is a work of real imaginative insight.' Marie Claire 'Maggie Gee's immense talent catches passion on the wing ... a romance of a truth and depth that's never without humour.' Mail on Sunday
