Na vijftien jaar strategieën te hebben ontwikkeld voor reclamebureaus, keerde Alex terug naar haar levenslange passie voor boeken. Haar debuutroman is een boeiende verkenning van menselijke relaties, waarin thema's als ontrouw en emotionele erfenis worden behandeld. Ze richt zich op de diepte van haar personages en de subtiele nuances van de menselijke psyche. Haar schrijfstijl is meeslepend en nodigt lezers uit om na te denken over de complexiteit van verbindingen en het verleden dat het heden vormt.
Nancy Jansen is the beating heart of her family. She is the centre around whom many lives turn. Mother Therapist Daughter Sister Wife But Nancy has a new role: Lover Everybody can be happy, Nancy believes, so long as they can be kept apart. But when these lives start to overlap, collision becomes inevitable, with consequences for all...
In the queue for the toilets at Gatwick, a teenage girl catches 57-year-old Margaret Benson's eye in the mirror and mouths the world help. Margaret's reaction leads to the dramatic rescue of the teenager from her trafficker and Margaret becomes a hero. But when the story gets picked up by the papers, Margaret is panicked by the publicity, as well as the strange phone calls she begins to receive. Meanwhile Anja makes contact. She wants to thank her rescuer, but she also quickly inserts herself into Margaret's lonely life. As their friendship develops, so do questions: who is Margaret hiding from, and what are Anja's true motives? And what is the cost of living a lie?