Book description
They hadn't known, then, what was coming. They didn't know about
September 11th, they didn't know about miscarriages and love affairs,
they didn't know about a girl named April Peck. They didn't know they
were going to die. Back then, they had been happy.' From the outside,
the close-knit circle of friends calling themselves 'the Castaways'
share an idyllic lifestyle on the charming island of Nantucket, blessed
with money, children, beauty and love. But when Tess and Greg are killed
in a tragic boating accident, orphaning their seven-year-old twins, it
sends devastating shockwaves through the rest of the group. As the
friends grieve, the truth behind their relationships gradually begins to
emerge in a chain of staggering revelations. And for the first time they
are forced to ask the hardest of questions. Can you live without the
person who made you whole? And how do you mourn for a secret lover and a
relationship nobody knew existed? An utterly absorbing novel exploring
the tangle of secrets and lies that can lurk beneath even the closest of
relationships ...
