In the summer heatwave of 1976, an event is messing up the routine of a retired cutting: Robert share buy his newspaper and did not return. Gretta, his wife, raised the alarm and the three adult children come together to face despite their differences and their secrets.
"How is it that after twenty-four hours spent with the family, we meet teenager? Is this regression will endure?" Asks the rebellious youngest daughter, Aoife.
Maggie O'Farrell scans sympathetically how soon will call up old rivalries, but also the old roles when the siblings met. this situation are added the personal crises that Aoife, his brother Michael Francis and her sister Monica through, very differently.
Life is never quiet in this Irish family exiled in London and the family constellation, full of contradictions, many surprises. But more than these twists and turns, it is everyone's privacy that attaches to the author, the relationship that each weaves with others, beyond the words and time, infinitesimal way. A vivid and clear style, the most endearing characters and fluid narrative that does not let you on the way.
