"Is this Helen Jacobs? It's about your daughter, Alice..."
Nobody phones at 9:30 on a Tuesday night unless something's very wrong. Before I know it, I'm beside a hospital bed, watching my twenty-three-year-old sleep, wondering how I didn't see this coming. Half a bottle of pills. A cry for attention, the doctor sighs. But Alice won't tell me why. And she won't come home.
So I do something reckless. I rent a car and we drive west towards the wide red skies of the desert. It's the trip we always promised ourselves and never took. Just her and me. If I can show her how much there is to live for, maybe I can bring her back to me.
But Alice has questions of her own. About the emptiness in her teenage brother's eyes. The marriage I've stopped looking at too closely. The loss we've never once spoken of as a family.
A trip to save my daughter. A truth I've spent ten long years running from.
A powerful, deeply moving novel about the things we can't say to the people we love most, from a million-copy bestselling author. For fans of Remarkably Bright Creatures, Kristin Hannah and Celeste Ng.
What readers are saying about Kate Hewitt's books:
''Gripping. Emotional. Amazing. One of the best books I’ve read this year! I tore through it…’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I really enjoyed this… even reading it with tears pouring down my face and my heart breaking… it felt like this was written for me.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Another masterpiece by Kate Hewitt. BRILLIANT!! Please let there be another book… mind-blowing and hard to put down.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I just couldn’t put it down… Gripping and very emotional.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I cried buckets and was very sad when I got to the end. Brilliant.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I stayed up late every night. I loved it! … I know it will be one I think about for years and reread.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Masterful… balances heart-pounding suspense with poignant reflections on love, loss, and resilience.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Had me in its grip from page one… a brilliantly-written, thought-provoking novel of fortitude, determination and bravery that had me in tears during the final chapters.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Literary Fiction
Nobody phones at 9:30 on a Tuesday night unless something's very wrong. Before I know it, I'm beside a hospital bed, watching my twenty-three-year-old sleep, wondering how I didn't see this coming. Half a bottle of pills. A cry for attention, the doctor sighs. But Alice won't tell me why. And she won't come home.
So I do something reckless. I rent a car and we drive west towards the wide red skies of the desert. It's the trip we always promised ourselves and never took. Just her and me. If I can show her how much there is to live for, maybe I can bring her back to me.
But Alice has questions of her own. About the emptiness in her teenage brother's eyes. The marriage I've stopped looking at too closely. The loss we've never once spoken of as a family.
A trip to save my daughter. A truth I've spent ten long years running from.
A powerful, deeply moving novel about the things we can't say to the people we love most, from a million-copy bestselling author. For fans of Remarkably Bright Creatures, Kristin Hannah and Celeste Ng.
What readers are saying about Kate Hewitt's books:
''Gripping. Emotional. Amazing. One of the best books I’ve read this year! I tore through it…’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I really enjoyed this… even reading it with tears pouring down my face and my heart breaking… it felt like this was written for me.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Another masterpiece by Kate Hewitt. BRILLIANT!! Please let there be another book… mind-blowing and hard to put down.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I just couldn’t put it down… Gripping and very emotional.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I cried buckets and was very sad when I got to the end. Brilliant.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I stayed up late every night. I loved it! … I know it will be one I think about for years and reread.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Masterful… balances heart-pounding suspense with poignant reflections on love, loss, and resilience.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Had me in its grip from page one… a brilliantly-written, thought-provoking novel of fortitude, determination and bravery that had me in tears during the final chapters.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Literary Fiction
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