In your own darkest hour, would you help a child in need?
When a teenage girl with haunted eyes enters Bec’s world, she stirs something in Bec she thought she’d buried long ago.
Still reeling from the loss of her husband, Bec is barely keeping her life together. But there’s something about Skye, motherless, wary and alone, that reaches into the shadows of Bec’s past. Twenty years ago, she was that lost girl, grieving her twin brother and cut off from her parents after one terrible night. Now, with the threat of those same parents re-entering her life, Bec makes an impulsive decision: she offers Skye food, shelter and the promise of help.
When Bec’s search for help brings Anna into their world, the connection feels almost fated. Anna has demons of her own. A past she’s fought to bury and a brother’s name she’s desperate to clear.
Both women believe they know what’s best for Skye. But as past and present collide, each will be forced to face truths they thought they’d left behind.
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This is an emotionally rich, multi-layered story about grief, fractured families, and the quiet power of chosen connections.
The novel weaves together three compelling perspectives. Anna has buried the pain of losing her brother so deeply it has become a closed chapter in her life. Bec, on the other hand, is shaped by loss—her twin brother, her boyfriend, and later her husband, Owen. Estranged from her parents and raising her twins alone in Sydney, her children are her anchor. When they move back to Melbourne, her daughter’s determination to uncover the truth about the grandparents she’s never met forces old wounds to the surface.
Then there’s Skye, a heartbreaking and unforgettable sixteen-year-old whose mother dies from cancer, leaving her alone and briefly lost to the foster system. Through Bec’s work, their paths cross, and Skye’s story gently intertwines with both Anna’s and Bec’s. What follows is a beautifully handled exploration of friendship, found family, and healing across generations.
The plot is filled with unexpected turns, yet never feels contrived. Guy’s writing is compassionate, absorbing, and impossible to put down. A deeply moving read, perfectly matched by its striking cover.
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