" - The London Times "Beneath the cool Edwardian detail of this elegantly written book lie the horrors of a Gothic novel.
Esme Lennox is a dreamy, bookish young woman, the kind of girl who stares and listens and won’t flirt with boys.
From the Costa Award winning, bestselling author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM, comes an intense, breathtakingly accomplished story of a woman's life stolen, and reclaimed.
From the New York Times best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait comes a gothic, intricate tale of family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth. “I found this actually unputdownable .
The "actually unputdownable" (Ali Smith) fourth novel from the award-winning author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait: the shocking, breathtaking story of a woman’s life stolen, and reclaimed.