Sometimes the victims of tragedy are the ones who survive

From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl

Annie and Steve

are from different worlds. She is a wife and mother, he is a wealthy executive with a stream of broken relationships in his wake. They do not know each other exists until one morning, on a shopping expedition, they become victims of a bomb blast, thrown together in the debris to fight for their lives.

As they lie in the darkness and the rubble, the hours slowly tick by. To ward off fear and death they talk: of everything they have to live for, of their disappointments, loves, failures and their hopes. And so a bond is created that binds them deeper than family, than friends, than lovers. With such strange intimacy, such strange trust, how can they get through the future without each other?