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‘Like the wonderful Anne Tyler, Hemmings writes witty, immersive, immensely readable and deeply humane fiction about entirely believable characters’ Metro Sarah St. John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as shed like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict ‘Like the wonderful Anne Tyler, Hemmings writes witty, immersive, immensely readable and deeply humane fiction about entirely believable characters’ Metro Sarah St. John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as shed like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict has moved into her basement. Her best friend, a divorcee who always manages to say the wrong thing, has become something of a life-coach. And then there’s Cully’s father, whose sudden re-emergence in Sarah’s life stirs a cauldron of emotions. Just as Sarah is ready to face the world, a girl called Kit appears on her doorstep. And she’s got a secret that will change all their lives forever.

‘Like the wonderful Anne Tyler, Hemmings writes witty, immersive, immensely readable and deeply humane fiction about entirely believable characters’ Metro Sarah St. John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as shed like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict ‘Like the wonderful Anne Tyler, Hemmings writes witty, immersive, immensely readable and deeply humane fiction about entirely believable characters’ Metro Sarah St. John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much...  Read More