A book that will sit on your shoulder for sometime after reading it.  It concerns grief, reconciliation, infidelity, marriage and family upheavals and eventual honesty all in a beautiful Italian holiday setting.  The author used to write entertaining chic-lit, here she has grown up.

Comparison: Joanna Trollope, Elizabeth Buchan, Clare Chambers.

Synopsis

Ginny and Adam Trustlove arrive on holiday in Italy torn apart by personal tragedy. Two weeks in a boathouse on the edge of peaceful Lake Orta is exactly what they need to restore their faith in life - and each other. Twenty-four hours later, the silence is broken. The Sale family have arrived at the main villa: wealthy, high-flying Marty, his beautiful wife Bea, and their privileged, confident offspring. It doesn't take long for Ginny and Adam to be drawn in, especially when the teenage Pippi introduces a new friend into the circle. For there is something about Zach that has everyone instantly beguiled, something that loosens old secrets - and creates shocking new ones. And, yet, not one of them suspects that his arrival in their lives might be anything other than accidental ...

Reviews

'A brilliantly told, emotionally charged tale'
Dorothy Koomson

'What a brilliant book this is ? clever, engrossing and unputdownable. I absolutely loved it and demand a sequel!'
Jill Mansell

About the Author

Louise Candlish was our Guest Editor in July 2010 - click here - to see the books that inspired her writing.   Louise Candlish is the author of seven novels, including the bestsellers Since I Don’t Have You, The Second Husband and Before We Say Goodbye.   After studying English at University College London, Louise worked as a travel writer, art book editor and copywriter, before beginning her first novel on a whim during a holiday in Sicily. Her books are emotional dramas, often located in foreign settings where characters behave quite differently from the way they might in their lives at home. Other People’s Secrets (published by Sphere in July 2010) is set in Orta San Giulio in the Italian Lakes, where Louise spent several (rainy) weeks researching. She lives in South London with her partner and daughter. More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation