A sparkling new novel, from the author of Glass Houses, that beautifully conveys the pain of affairs of the heart exposed to the public gaze...
Dealing with the end of a marriage is hard enough for anyone, but how do you cope when it becomes endless tabloid fodder? Ursula's story opens on the day of her ex-husband William's wedding. The press are on the phone at six in the morning, asking her to share her innermost feelings, while her three children cannot restrain their excitement. After all, it isn't every day that their father marries a government minister and the Prime Minister and half the Cabinet are invited.
But Ursula herself embarked on shaky new affair with a local man, sees how hard their daughter Jessie has taken the shake-up. Her father's secret favourite, she has put up walls , closed doors. But are these defences strong enough to protect a ten-year-old?
