This debut novel was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2008 and received rave reviews. A portrait of small-town hypocrisy, transgression and redemption, in a similar vein to Ian McEwan's "Atonement" and Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remain's Of The Day ". 'The prose is elegant and spare, but the story it reveals is raw and explosive... Devastatingly good' Eithne Farry, "Daily Mail "