Description du livre
FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED
'An astonishing family drama . . . almost certainly the best American novel you will read this year'
Sunday Telegraph
'Almost impossible to put down'
Independent
'Masterful'
The Times
'Wonderful'
Observer
While clearing out their late father's papers, Erik and Inga Davidsen unearth a cryptic letter from his adolescence. Desperate to discover the man they never fully understood, they set about reading his memoir.
As the siblings are drawn into his past, their lives are upended by two strangers. Erik becomes captivated by Miranda, a young mother who moves into his garden flat. And Inga, still grieving her husband's recent death, is threatened by a journalist in possession of a devastating secret.
'One of the most profound and absorbing books I've read in a long time'
Washington Post