When James proposes, it seems like an opportunity for Jane to leave her lonely past behind and become part of a family. But the presence of a woman in the cottage near their remote farmhouse threatens Jane's new-found happiness.
This compelling novel by one of Ireland's finest writers won a Somerset Maugham Award.
'Madden's achievement is to make partial revelations about obscure lives as gripping as a thriller. Her style is passionate, emotional, but never obvious and does not admit a single cliché or badly written sentence.' Observer
- ISBN10 0571298060
- ISBN13 9780571298068
- Publish Date 20 September 2012 (first published 25 January 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 160
- Language English