A "gutsy, modern, deeply entertaining" debut about a love
affair cut short, and how lonely it is to live inside a secret (The
Observer UK). Ana Kelly can deal with death. As an estate lawyer, an
unfortunate part of her day-to-day is phone calls from the next of kin
informing her that one of her clients has died. But nothing could have
prepared Ana for the call from Rebecca Taylor, explaining in a strangely
calm tone that her husband Connor was killed in an accident. Ana had
been having an affair with Connor for three years, keeping their love
secret in hotel rooms, weekends away, and swiftly deleted text messages.
Though consuming, they hide their love well, and nobody knows of their
relationship except Mark, Connor's best friend. Alone and undone, Ana
seeks friendship with the person who she once thought of as her
adversary and opposite, but who is now the only one who shares her pain
-- Rebecca. As Ana becomes closer to her lover's widow, she is forced to
reconcile painful truths about the affair, and the fickleness of love
and desire. Funny, frank, and strange, Sarah Crossan's moving novel is
wholly original and deeply resonant.
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