The enthralling new novel from the highly acclaimed author of How To Be A Good Wife.
'Absorbing, moving, and acutely insightful' Lottie Moggach
When Rook Henderson's wife June dies suddenly, he flees to Vietnam for the first time in fifty years, haunted by memories of his time as a war photographer and an event that changed his life forever.
But when his son tracks him down seeking answers, Rook is forced to confront truths buried closer to home: the boy he barely knew and the irrepressible wife he left behind. Finally, he must ask himself what price he has paid for a life behind the lens . . .
'Immersive' Sunday Times
'Ambitious . . . tension-filled' Daily Mail
'Elegantly constructed' Observer
Evocative, harrowing. . .Emma Chapman tackles the big subjects of love and war with aplomb