Book description
Can you walk away from your own life?
Dark, disturbing and utterly enthralling women's fiction from a
stunning UK talent.
It's 4am, London and a young woman comes to amidst sirens and screams -
the result of a bomb that has left utter carnage in its wake. Wearing
the remains of a tattered black dress and wrapped in a filthy blanket,
she is utterly unaware of where - and more importantly - who she is.
Disorientated by overwhelming feelings of shame and guilt, the woman
picks up an abandoned wallet from the gutter and, following her
instincts, flees the scene. Escaping on a bus into a remote country
village, she adopts the name 'Jo' in place of the identity that still
eludes her.
Jo quickly builds herself a new life in the country, finding a job and
settling into a new community. But fragmented pieces of her past keep
encroaching on her present - from the realisation that she is an
alcoholic, to a chance meeting with a man that triggers flashbacks - and
Jo is forced to solve the mystery of her own identity.
But as she pieces together her past - and in doing so uncovers some
shocking secrets about her old life - can Jo face the truth of who she
is really is? The publication of Polly Courtney's debut novel, Golden
Handcuffs, a fictional exposé of her career in the Square Mile, earned
Polly acclaim in the Observer, The Times, Sunday Times, Independent,
Guardian, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Evening Standard and many other
publications. Aside from writing, Polly works on various sports-related
web ventures including Girls in Football. com and is a keen footballer
who plays for her local team, Old Actonians LFC, in West London. Polly
also plays in a semi-professional string quartet, No Strings Attached,
an all-girl ensemble that plays all over the UK. She lives in London.
