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Sophie and Riba have known each other since childhood. Though they couldn't be more different - Sophie is elegant and diffident, while Riba is flamboyantly extrovert - the bond between them seems unbreakable. Then Riba's teenaged daughter Zelda falls gravely ill. Frustrated by the limitations of conventional medicine, Riba pins all her hopes on alternative methods. Sophie is torn between her loyalty to her friend and her fear that Zelda, whom she loves like the child she cannot have, will not get the help she desperately needs. United in their distress, Sophie and Riba's husband Brian find themselves drawn to each other. Time is running out for Zelda, for two marriages, and for a friendship...
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[A] 'thoughtful examination of friendship and marriage' Sunday Times (Sunday Times)
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'An involving, emotional story...written with panache and charm' Irish Post (Irish Post, London)
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[A] 'thoughtful examination of friendship and marriage' Sunday Times (Sunday Times)
'She is adept at creating convincing characters' Bookseller (Bookseller)
'An involving, emotional story...written with panache and charm' Irish Post (Irish Post, London)
One of Ireland's favourite authors, who was short-listed for the Orange Prize in 1998, joins the Headline list with her compelling new novel
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- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0747268746
- ISBN 13 9780747268741
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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