Un viaggio alla riscoperta del passato e di sé stessi«Un romanzo intenso e poetico, un storia famigliare coinvolgente che si dipana tra le generazioni.»C’è una parte della vita di Isla Wintergreen che rimarrà avvolta dal mistero, o almeno così lei pensa. Isla ha sempre vissuto con la madre in una cittadina poco lontano da Bristol, e del padre, sparito quand’era neonata, non sa nulla. Un giorno, però, scopre che Hugh, il nonno paterno, le ha lasciato in eredità una ...

'She's had this feeling before. This feeling of marking time. Of pressing her nose against a window and watching as everyone else lives their best lives.' Isla Wintergreen has not seen her grandfather since she was seven, but when she unexpectedly inherits his cottage on the Isle of Skye, she cannot resist the opportunity to escape her purposeless life. As she slowly becomes a part of the island community, she learns more about the family she never really knew - from her estranged...

When Connie’s beloved husband, Jack, dies after twenty-seven years of marriage, Connie hopes that her only son, Gary, will console her. Gary, however, finds that level of commitment a bit, well, too much of a commitment. Connie is left with interfering neighbor Val until Gary’s girlfriend Sandra rings with some unexpected news.This sets Connie on a journey from a village in the Midlands to Hackney and eventually to Ghana as she finds a way to come to terms with her grief and to for...