Beschrijving

Turning forty, Lisa Grant is broke, alone and living in rural Gloucestershire, hurtling towards an inevitable midlife crisis.

Lisa blames her mother, Elizabeth, for many things. Growing up, she saw little of her socialite mother but adored her father. When she was six years old, her father disappeared, and her mother kept the truth about why he left the family home hidden. When starting her journalistic career, Lisa reconnects with her father and discovers grim truths about her controlling mother.

Romantically, Lisa pushes people away. Something Lisa believes her insensitive mother is vicariously responsible for. She cannot say, \