Book description
Ania, a marriage counsellor, thinks she understands love. She deals
with the death of love every day. Marriage is a partnership that can
be successfully managed; love is merely an aberration. But when she
suddenly can't avoid the powerful draw of a strange Polish man, all of
her rules will be turned upside-down. Rose has reached wits end with
her husband Harry. Familiar but frustrating, their marriage is
reaching crisis point. Their teenage son Sam thinks they're both mad,
but he is also quickly learning the fickleness of love. Maciek,
philosopher turned pizza-maker, has escaped Poland to find solace from
a love affair gone wrong. But life in a foreign country will soon
become even more complicated as Maciek is overcome by his feelings for
a kind, yet married woman. Life in the small Scottish village of
Evanton may seem calm, but in the hearts of its residents lies
turmoil. Separate lives intertwine to potentially disastrous effect as
they all struggle to answer the universal question: what is love?
Cynthia Rogerson, a Scot who was brought up in the US, now lives
in the Scottish Highlands. She is the author of numerous novels and
has been shortlisted for many prizes. Her previous books include
Loveletter from my Death Bed, Upstairs in the Tent and A Dangerous Place.
