Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. But disquiet soon interrupts this secluded life. First, the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before are returned to the monastery, resurfacing years of grief and pain. And then, an unexpected and troubling visitor plunges the narrator further into her past…

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2025
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Pages: 320
Language: English
ISBN 10: 139972438X
ISBN 13: 9781399724388