Description
Can revisiting the past ever lead to redemption?
The death of Claire’s parents triggers traumatic memories of her past life in Jakarta, a time that Claire has been running away from ever since.
Haunted by guilt and the terrible misunderstanding that forced her to leave the city as a teenager, she decides to travel back in the hope of finding answers and perhaps forgiveness.
Beautifully written, with sumptuous and enchanting descriptions of Indonesia, this is a novel that completely transports you to a specific time and place and perfectly portrays that shared sense of guilt in all of us about mistakes of the past. Virginia Prize winner’s third novel offers family secrets, guilt and absolution.
