Publisher's Synopsis
Three women. Three decades. Three wrong choices? Present day London: an envious sibling comes to her sister's wedding. Their mother's illness cast a shadow over their childhood, and both Madeline and Allie are still searching for something missing in their lives. Back in the Swinging 60s, Frieda, the bridegroom's mother, behaves in a wholly unconventional way, and the ghosts of that era still haunt all their lives. Even before that, the seeds of tragedy are sown in the 50s, when twelve-year-old Lucy first visits London and the same hotel. Precocious, impatient, wise beyond her years, Lucy becomes a go-between for two star-crossed lovers and then holds herself agonisingly responsible for what happens...
