Publisher's Synopsis
Venice has been Lydia's home for many years. Living there has given her a sense of peace and fulfilment. But one day, in a heart-stopping moment, the glimpse of a young man's face in the crowd threatens to change everything: long banished memories of a dreadful secret come flooding back... As a child Lydia and her sister were sent to live with their grandparents. There in a cruel, loveless world Lydia grew up fast. She learned to keep secrets and to trust sparingly. And through it all she was shadowed by guilt and grief. Now, twenty-eight years later, Lydia is persuaded to leave behind the safe new life she has created and return to England to face the past. And maybe her future...
