About the Book: Sixty‐six‐year‐old Paula Spencer — a mother, grandmother, widow, survivor — has built a life: a steady job, reliable friends, her sobriety. But when her eldest daughter Nicola appears on Paula’s doorstep, having left the successful life she’d built, Paula’s peaceful world is unsettled. As Nicola gradually shares the secret that brought her back, mother and daughter must confront the shared past, the trauma, the love and resentment, and figure out what they mean to each other now