'Insightful and astute writing ... Emily Hourican has a wonderful understanding of human nature' Louise O'Neill

The summer she turned twenty-five, Anna felt invincible.

In love for the first time, in a strange city far from home, she could be a new person. All that she had ever wanted was there for the taking. But the glorious possibility of those long sultry days ended in a reality far starker than she could have imagined.

Now, fifteen years later, Anna is struggling to get through to her teenage daughter Jessie -- named in memory of Anna's best friend -- who has developed an eating disorder. Mother and daughter were once close, but now Anna feels as if Jessie's every word and action is a mystery. Though sometimes she wonders if Jessie can see right through her.

And when her daughter starts to report dreams about the namesake she never met, Anna -- increasingly unnerved by just how much her daughter seems to know -- is forced to face the secrets of that summer when her life changed in one unravelling moment, and the brutal truth about the part she had to play.

A compelling, thought-provoking novel by bestselling author Emily Hourican about the power of one summer to change -- and maybe even ruin -- everything

About the Author
Emily Hourican is a journalist and author. She has written features for the Sunday Independent for fifteen years, as well as Image magazine, Conde Nast Traveler and Woman and Home. She was also editor of The Dubliner Magazine. Emily's first book, a memoir titled How To (Really) Be A Mother was published in 2013. She is also the author of novels The Privileged, White Villa, The Outsider and The Blamed, as well as three novels about the Guinness sisters: The Glorious Guinness Girls, The Guinness Girls: A Hint of Scandal and The Other Guinness Girl. She lives in Dublin with her family.

Reviews
Part psychological thriller, part literary family drama, part sun-soaked nostalgic noir and a must-read * Sunday Independent *
Skilful, evocative and moving ... This is one of those books that stays with you after you've read it * Sinead Moriarty *



Book Information
ISBN 9781473681118
Author Emily Hourican
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Hachette Books Ireland
Publisher Hachette Books Ireland
Weight(grams) 242g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 22mm