Book description
Maggie moves to Brighton after splitting up with her long-term
boyfriend, and, unable to find a job, starts work as a lapdancer.
Failing to make any new friends, she writes letters compulsively, and
the highlight of her day is the sound of the morning post being
delivered. Maggie gradually becomes obsessed with the married couple,
Libby and David, living next door. Libby has given up work after having
a baby, and is finding life as a full-time mother very difficult. Just
as she persuades David that she should return to work, he is asked to
take a sabbatical from his management-consultant job. He's always longed
to travel, and convinces Libby that they should spend six months in
Cuba, learning Spanish. Maggie, deciding she too wants to travel,
follows them to Havana, where the horrors of her past - in particular
her young sister's violent death - begin to haunt her. And as Maggie
starts to break down, she tries to take over Libby's life... Emily
Barr is the well-loved and bestselling author of Backpack, the original
backpacking novel, and many other highly acclaimed novels. A former
journalist, she has travelled around the world and written columns and
travel pieces for the Observer and the Guardian. After living in France,
Emily and her husband (whom she met backpacking) have settled in
Cornwall with their three children. You can learn more about Emily and
her novels by visiting her website www. emilybarr. com.
