Sometimes a secret is too big to hide...

Jen is a trainee journalist working on Chester's local paper, dreaming of something bigger. Her sister, Helen, is beautiful but damaged, and hides a secret that has affected the whole family, one they cannot escape but one she is trying to move on from.

As Helen learns to become a whole person once again, her family struggles with the past, and how they will move forward together. And Jen realises that the one person she needs to help her through is the one person she cannot have - Helen's boyfriend, Ned…

Praise for Kate Long:

''A storyteller in the Joanna Trollope league, Long writes astutely and comically about the complexities of motherhood'' Independent

''Warm, witty and wise'' Red

''One of the authors that I rush out to buy straight away. I find her work challenging, witty, fresh and real'' Adele Parks