Could you walk
away from your own life
and start again?
A young woman regains consciousness in a London
street, amidst debris and fallen rubble. Wearing the
tattered remains of a black dress, she is unaware of
what has happened or where she is. As she lies in
the gutter, she realises something even more
troubling: she doesn’t know who she is.
Adopting the name ‘Jo’ from a stolen wallet, she
follows her instincts and flees the scene, arriving
in a sleepy rural village where she does what she
has to in order to survive.
Still trying to solve the mystery of her own
identity, Jo builds a new life for herself,
stumbling into a job at a home for vulnerable
teenagers and settling in a place she begins to call
‘home’.
But a shocking revelation forces Jo to crash back
into her former life: a life of high salaries and
dinner parties that is a far cry from the quiet new
existence she left behind.
Caught between two careers, two men and two sets of
friends, Jo must face some uncomfortable truths
about who she really is and decide which path she is
going to take.
An exciting, fast-paced novel that will engross fans
of Maggie O’Farrell and Sophie Hannah.
