In this story of three women’s search for a place to call home, Maggie Alderson crosses continents and generations to explore how we find happiness – and whether love can survive betrayal.
ALSO BY MAGGIE ALDERSON
Fiction
Pants on Fire
Mad About the Boy
Handbags & Gladrags
Cents & Sensibility
How to Break Your Own Heart
Shall We Dance?
Everything Changes But You
Evangeline, The Wish Keeper's Helper
Non-fiction
Shoe Money
Gravity Sucks
Handbag Heaven
Style Notes
As Co-editor
In Bed With
Girls Night In series
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ISBN: 978-1-74253-722-1