Now this is a strangely powerful and emotional book that creeps up on you with its sheen of normalcy over dark and deadly secrets that never fully resolve themselves. The book revolves around three very different women who have a lot in common. Firstly we meet Vera a born again Christian with a loving fiance and a wild past with a heart-breaking secret. Vera seems rather shallow at first but you gradually find that there is a lot more to her than meets the eye, especially as she begins to find herself and her backbone as she faces what she really needs to do and how she needs to do it. Next we meet Emily, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, who has lost it all and more and yet never faced the reality of her past and how it affects her now, including the inner strength (and weakness) that it has given her without her even realising. Lastly we meet Lynn, the mother of Vera's fiance and a woman who knows her own mind, much to her own despair and sense of loss in missing out on the life she could've had. As the lives of these three women cross we discover there is more to the stories of all three, more than they or we expected and this makes each question herself and the reader question themselves at the same time. The writing is that good that emotional journey each of the main characters take is also the journey that the reader takes and the finale of the book leaves you with a sense of achievement, release and the beginning of a new era for them and for you. A superb book.