From bestselling author Hannah Beckerman comes a moving story about memory, secrets, and what it really means to feel that youre one of the family. WONDERFUL. I read [it] in one gulp. Marian Keyes I LOVED this book and will be recommending it to everyone. Ruth Jones Hannah Beckerman is the real deal. Alex MichaelidesWhen Nells father makes a deathbed declaration that hints at a long-held secret, it reignites feelings of isolation that have plagued her for years. Her suspicions about the familys past only deepen when her mother, Annie, who is losing her memories to dementia, starts making cryptic comments of her own.Thirty-five years earlier, Annies life was upended by a series of traumasone shock after another that she buried deep in her heart. The decisions she made at the time were motivated by love, but she knew even then that nobody could ever understandlet alone forgivewhat she did.As the two womens stories unravel, a generation apart, Nell finally discovers the devastating truth about her mothers past, and her own.In this beautifully observed and emotionally powerful story of identity, memory and the nature of family, Hannah Beckerman asks: To what lengths would you go to protect the ones you love?