'Some people are beginning to measure out their lives in terms of the next Joanna Trollope…her novels, like family life itself, are built on the tensions between the illusions of permanence and the reality of charm' Observer

'A hugely enjoyable book' The Sunday Times

'I love her wit, her benevolence, her resolve that in even the darkest hour a little light will shine' Irish Press

'Wise and warm, profoundly satisfying as well as acutely querying…A perceptive chronicler of our times' Sunday Express

'Stepping away from her usual provinces and into more cosmopolitan territory, Trollope delivers an insightful and thoroughly engrossing story of 39-year-old twin sisters whose lives and fortunes change dramatically over the course of a year. With sparkling dialogue, Trollope brings all of her characters, adults and children, to full life while managing to bestow unforgettable glimpses of Spain in all its melancholy and magnificence. She makes her readers want to drop everything in order to keep on reading.' Publishers Weekly

'Some people are beginnning to measure out their lives in terms of the next Joanna Trollope... her novels, like family life itself, are built on the tensions between the illusions of permanence and the reality of charm' Observer

'I love her wit, her benevolence, her resolve that in even the darkest hour a little light will shine' Irish Sunday Press