From Sunday Times bestseller Susan Sallis comes a wonderfully evocative novel, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher.

“The storyline was captivating from the start…” – Reader review.
“This book held me from the first page to the last!” – Reader review.
“Very good story, loved every minute…” – Reader review.

When needed, will she be able to rise to the challenge?

1945, Connecticut. A scandal breaks which forces a baffled Rose, aged 4, and her mother to leave America and return home to England.

Four years later, a sister is born – Joanna or ‘Jon’. Rose and Jon are like chalk and cheese. Jon is vivacious, fun, impetuous, rash and persuasive. Rose is reserved, steady, sure, reliable and…ordinary. It is her lot in life to hold the family together through times of tragedy and emotional upheaval.

But, when, years later, Jon sets events in motion which send Rose across the Atlantic again and into the most extraordinary event of her life, can she ever be thought of as ordinary again?