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Maisie is standing on a podium on the 20th anniversary of her sons death, trying to find the first breath to start talking to a room of strangers. As Maisie begins her story, she disappears into her past, back to 1st January 1995 the day when one mistaken action led to a chain of events that changed her life forever. A funny, moving story from the author of THE LAST DAYS OF RABBIT HAYES.

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´And just like that my boy was gone.´Maisie Bean is a fighter. A survivor. Seventeen years ago, she went on a first date that went so badly it was enough to put the girl off chips. The marriage that followed was hell but it gave her two children: funny, caring Jeremy and bullish but brilliant Valerie.

Just as it seems everything might finally start going right, sixteen-year-old Jeremy goes missing. The police descend and a media storm swirls, over five days of searching that hurtle towards an inevitable, terrible conclusion.

Maisie is facing another fight, and this time it´s the fight of her life. But she´s a survivor. Whatever the odds, she´ll never give in.

From the bestselling author of The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes comes this heart-breaking yet uproariously uplifting new novel about love, resilience and the life-changing power of hope.

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"THE most beautiful book - compassionate, gritty, warm, authentic, uplifting." Marian Keyes 20160223

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Anna McPartlin is a novelist and scriptwriter. Her previous incarnation as a stand-up comedian left an indelible mark. She describes herself as a slave to the joke and finds humour and humanity in even the darkest situations. Anna lives in Wicklow with her husband and animals.

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