Publisher's Synopsis
"A lovely, romantic, intriguing novel." PENNY VINCENZI Victoria Stratford's birthday party for her husband, David, shows off their beautiful Wimbledon house, their wonderful children, their perfect lives, and it conceals the tensions and ambitions that infest their marriage. The only person missing is David himself. Victoria's sister, Clara, and her unworldly husband, Tom, are there. While Clara is content with her job and their shabby home, she is yearning for something and Tom cannot see her growing need for happiness. In the garden, the youngest sister, Annie, talks to her husband, Hugo. The only blight on their lives is Hugo's jealous, possessive mother, Barbara...This one evening begins a train of events that will lead each sister down a different path - towards love, sex, grief, betrayal and happiness.
