WOULD YOU EVER GIVE UP ON FINDING YOUR CHILD, IF THEY VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE?

Number One Irish bestselling author of When All is Said Anne Griffin returns with this beautiful, emotional novel about love, loss, family and hope that will break your heart . . . but also put it back together again.

THE IRISH BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE IS RAVING ABOUT:

'Stunning . . . I loved it' LIZ NUGENT

'Elegant and moving' JOHN BOYNE

'A storyteller of rate gifts' JOSEPH O'CONNOR

'A beautiful, emotive mystery' CHRIS WHITAKER

'Gently heartbreaking, but also hopeful and uplifting. An insight into the fragility of the human condition and what holds us together when we break' IRISH TIMES

One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later.

But the slam never came.

Eight years on, Rosie is the only person who believes that her child might one day return home.

Will this belief come at the cost of everything she has left?

WOULD YOU EVER GIVE UP ON FINDING YOUR CHILD, IF THEY VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE?

Number One Irish bestselling author of When All is Said Anne Griffin returns with this beautiful, emotional novel about love, loss, family and hope that will break your heart . . . but also put it back together again.

THE IRISH BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE IS RAVING ABOUT:

'Stunning . . . I loved it' LIZ NUGENT

'Elegant and moving' JOHN BOYNE

'A storyteller of rate gifts' JOSEPH O'CONNOR

'A beautiful, emotive mystery' CHRIS WHITAKER

'Gently heartbreaking, but also hopeful and uplifting. An insight into the fragility of the human condition and what holds us together when we break' IRISH TIMES

One unremarkable afternoon, Rosie watched her daughter Saoirse cycle into town, expecting to hear the slam of the door when she returned a few hours later.

But the slam never came.

Eight years on, Rosie is the only person who believes that her child might one day return home.

Will this belief come at the cost of everything she has left?

"Her most emotionally complex book yet . . . Gently heartbreaking, but also hopeful and uplifting. An insight into the fragility of the human condition and what holds us together when we break" - Irish Times

"One of Griffin's great gifts is how she draws small-town communities and the personalities that make them what they are" - Irish Sunday Times Culture

"An agonising but hauntingly beautiful tale" - Sunday Post

"With a great ear for dialogue and eye for setting, Griffin builds a real sense of what loss can do to a family." - The Style List

"There are deep thoughts sown beneath the light and charming surfaces of Griffin's novels. Her books are fable-like, deep musings on life, mortality, and what makes a life worth living, philosophy for everyday readers, cleverly disguised as a good old-fashioned story" - Irish Times

"Ireland's long line of magical storytellers is further enriched by Anne Griffin, who follows her poignant debut When All is Said with another outstanding read" - Sunday Express

"Her most emotionally complex book yet . . . Gently heartbreaking, but also hopeful and uplifting. An insight into the fragility of the human condition and what holds us together when we break" - Irish Times

"One of Griffin's great gifts is how she draws small-town communities and the personalities that make them what they are" - Irish Sunday Times Culture

"An agonising but hauntingly beautiful tale" - Sunday Post

"With a great ear for dialogue and eye for setting, Griffin builds a real sense of what loss can do to a family." - The Style List

"There are deep thoughts sown beneath the light and charming surfaces of Griffin's novels. Her books are fable-like, deep musings on life, mortality, and what makes a life worth living, philosophy for everyday readers, cleverly disguised as a good old-fashioned story" - Irish Times

"Ireland's long line of magical storytellers is further enriched by Anne Griffin, who follows her poignant debut When All is Said with another outstanding read" - Sunday Express