Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize 2015 'Rich, haunted, gripping, painful and beautifully entwined' RUTH PADEL 'A fearless and meticulously observed examination of pain transformed by the redeeming power of friendship' VANORA BENNETT During a cold, British winter, three women reach crisis point. Emily, an immigrant survivor of the Rwandan genocide is existing but not living. Vera, a Christian Londoner is striving to live a moral life, undermined by secrets from her past. Lynn, battling a disease, is consumed by resentment of what she hasn't achieved. Each suffers their own demons. But as their paths interweave, they begin to unravel their pasts, and change each other's futures.