Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099462443 ISBN 13: 9780099462446

Publisher: Arrow (a Division of Random House Group), 2003

Dinah Steward has a secret. Hidden beneath the comfortable family life she shares with her successful husband Matthew and their two sons lies a shameful secret that has haunted Dinah for fifteen years. She and Matt never speak of it or the impossible choice he forced her to make all those years ago: they think the cracks have been papered over. But when a chance encounter brings the past into sharp focus once more, Dinah realises she can no longer deny the truth. She decides to risk everything - her husband, her sons, her perfect lifestyle, in order to claim what was always hers.

About the Author:

Rosie Thomas writes for magazines and newspapers as well as her fiction. When not writing she spends her time travelling and mountaineering. In 1997 she competed in the Peking to Paris Motor Rally, and she has climbed Mont Blanc as well as travelling to Everest and the Antarctic.

From AudioFile:

A comfortable life in Franklin, Massachusetts, for Dinah Steward, her scientist husband and their two sons is a promise. But their career move from England has not eradicated a secret that may undermine this comfortable life forever. Clare Higgins is a gifted reader. There's never a question of which character is speaking because she is thinking as that character would think. She shifts accents and vocal tones easily without making anyone sound unappealing. She enters the mind of every character and presents their feelings with clear sympathy. J.P. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine