Book description
A compulsive tale of betrayal and its impact upon a group of flatmates
and lovers, Maggie O'Farrell's second novel does not disappoint. With
the sensuality, passion and emotional acuteness which characterised her
debut, she has written a gripping exploration of the ambivalence at the
heart of intimate relationships, a keenly observed portrayal of shifting
metropolitan lives and a superbly imagined story of a haunting. When
Lily moves into Marcus's flat and plunges headlong into a relationship,
she must contend not merely with the disapproval of flatmate Aidan, but
with a more intangible, hostile presence. Could it be that Sinead,
Marcus's ex, is trying to communicate with her? When Lily begins to
'see' Sinead first about the flat, and then on the streets of London,
she must question not merely her sanity, but whether the man she loves
is someone she can, or indeed ought to live with at all. Maggie
O'Farrell is the author of five novels, After You'd Gone, My Lover's
Lover, The Distance Between Us, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, The
Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and The Hand That First Held Mine. Born in
Northern Ireland, Maggie grew up in Wales and Scotland. She lives in
London with her husband and two children.
