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Julie Myerson meets Ian McEwan in this gripping novel of family breakdown.
Ana Lewis is a woman trapped and ruined by her own expectations. Her intense relationship with fellow student Alex cracks beyond repair when she falls pregnant, and his subsequent withdrawals, both emotional and sexual are hard for her to bear. Eventually, following the births of their children Pip and Davie, Alex leaves Ana to a life of question and blame.
Cocooned in her room on the brink of a fatal collapse, Ana Lewis is recollecting and questioning every aspect of her life. Oblivious to the needs of her young children she remains trapped in her spiral of depression, railing against the man she blames for everything. As she tumbles towards oblivion her story is revealed, piece by piece, moment by moment, but does the real Ana ever appear?
Accomplished and affecting, Caroline Smailes weaves together a catastrophic tale of mismatched lives.
ISBN 978-1-906321-70-3
Hardback - September 15 2008
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Paperback - March 2009