Book description
Maya de Jong, an eighteen-year-old country girl, moves away from
home to live in the city. Here she begins an affair with her boss,
whose wife is dying of cancer. But when Maya's parents, Toni and
Jacob, arrive to stay with her, they are told by her housemate that
Maya has gone away and no one knows where she is. As Toni and Jacob
search for their daughter in the city, everything in their lives is
thrown in doubt. They recall the dreams and ideals, the betrayals and
choices of their youth - choices with unexpected and irrevocable
consequences. As if, to bring Maya back, they must return to their own pasts.
