For the first time in her life Zoe Brahe has a secret - an all-consuming one that she dare not share with her mother and brother.
Her mother is unreachable - lost in her own writing - and her brother, Sam, is infatuated with Connie, the annoying guest who has come on holiday with them in the serene and beautiful Megalong Valley. Never has Zoe felt so alone.
How can she carry the burden that has catapulted her into the adult world and how can she know that there can be a right time to share a secret? Only by discovering her own mother's secret does she begin to understand more about herself and more about the mysteries of being in love.
