Publisher's Synopsis
From the Man Booker-shortlisted author comes a sensuous, evocative novel for fans of Sarah Waters, Emma Donoghue and Kate Atkinson.2011: When Madeleine loses her job as a lecturer, she decides to leave her riverside flat in cobbled Stew Lane, where history never feels far away, and move to Apricot Place. In this quiet Walworth cul-de-sac, she senses the past encroaching - a shifting in the atmosphere, a current of unseen life 1851: A family man with mouths to feed, Joseph is tasked with coaxing testimony from prostitutes. Roaming the Southwark streets, as he struggles with his assignment, he seeks answers in Apricot Place. As these entwined stories unfold, alive with the sensations of London past and present, the two eras brush against each other.
