Paperback edition of O'Farrell's Costa nominated novel. Tackles the subject of motherhood directly, as Elina struggles to reconcile the demands of motherhood with the sense of herself as an artist, and her husband Ted searches for answers in his past. From the author of }The Vanishing Act Of Esme Lennox{, which sold over 20,000 copies, and }After You'd Gone{, which sold over 250,000 copies. 'A terrific book... I will be thinking about it for a long time' Audrey Niffenegger