‘An author, at the height of her artistry, spins the globe and comes full circle’ - Vogue,Profound … real and convincing. The characters don’t act like people in a novel: they are much closer to real life in their responses, their heartfelt cries of pain’ - Eileen Battersby, Irish Times,‘Poignant story and epic sweep’ - Tatler
‘Powerful portrait of lives unravelled and new beginnings’ - Woman and Home
‘A domestic epic that manages to combine the personal and intimate with the political and the public superbly well’ - Daily Mail