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Were lucky to have such an intelligent chronicler of our present' Tessa Hadley on Janet Davey

Lorna Parry lives with her three sons, each one lurching into adulthood. shes still angry at her ex-husband, uncomfortable around her fathers new girlfriend and finds it difficult to talk to her sons.

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Anita Mostyn feels the need to take a holiday from her life. But as Anita navigates these difficult waters, a horrifying episode in her past the thing she has really been trying to escape comes back to haunt her.

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On a weekend in late summer, Jo is fleeing to London with her children when, a few miles into the journey from the Kent coast, her teenage daughter jumps off the train.

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The men share a taxi and, on impulse, Richard invites Abe into his home- an action that sends ripples not only through his own life and that of his wife, but also through the fragile existence of Abe's younger sister, Kirsty, who is herself unsure of the best way to settle down...