Overview
''A profoundly confronting novel which consumed me whole... tender, astonishing and unflinching''
Lucy Rose, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Lamb
I remember everything that happened in those three minutes at the beginning of the evening, him and me in the kitchen. That, and what happened at the end: the knife, and what I did with it.
Franca left the Netherlands behind to start her new life in England with Andrew. Andrew, whose parents lived in South Kensington but had a flat their son could ''borrow'' nearby. Andrew, an old-fashioned British gentleman, who encourages her not to work but to instead focus on her writing. Andrew who suggests a dinner party with his colleagues to celebrate their big upcoming launch. A dinner party that Franca must plan and shop and cook and clean for. A dinner party during a heatwave, when the fridge breaks, alcohol replaces water and an unexpected guest joins their ranks. A dinner party where everything she once was and everything she now is comes together and she feels like she might implode.
- | Author: Viola van de Sandt
- | Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
- | Publication Date: Nov 04, 2025
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781035429844
- | ISBN-10: 1035429845
