'A beautiful book full of stark truths... Lyrical and evocative, highly recommended' Evie King, author of ASHES TO ADMIN 'Beautifully written' Daily Mail '[An] empathetic, emotional reckoning' Mail on Sunday In a small seaside town, autumn is edging into winter, gulls ride winds over the waves, and two women pass each other on the promenade, as yet unaware of each other's existence. In the nineties Lydia was a teen pop star, posed half naked on billboards everywhere with a lollipop between her lips and no idea how to live, letting the world happen to her. Now, three decades later, Lydia is less and less sure that what happened to her was in the least bit okay. The news cycle runs hot with #MeToo stories, and a famous former lover has emerged with a self-serving apology, asking her to forgive him. Suddenly, the past is full of trapdoors she is desperately trying not to fall through. Joyce, in middle age, has never left home. She still lives with her mother Betty. With their matching