As the Twin Towers collapse, Gigi Stanislawski flees her office building and escapes lower Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Among the crying, ash-covered passengers, Gigi finds someone she recognises – Harry Harrison, a British man and a regular at her favourite coffee shop. Gigi brings Harry to her parents’ house where they watch the TV replay the planes crashing for hours, and she waits for the phone call that will never come; the call from Frankie, her younger brother. 10 years later, Gigi, now a single mother consumed with bills and unfulfilled ambitions, meets Harry, again by chance, and they fall deeply in love. But their move to London and their new baby leave her feeling isolated, raw and alone with her grief. As Gigi comes face to face with the anguish of her brother’s death and her rage at the unspoken pain of motherhood, she must somehow find the light amid all the darkness.

Author Ilona Bannister Published by Two Roads ISBN 9781529352658 EAN 9781529352658 Bic Code Cover Hardback