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 clich or badly written sentence.' Observer
- ISBN13 9780571152810
- Publish Date 18 March 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 November 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English