Fragments

How do you know right from wrong when your certainties about life are slipping through your fingers?

Phillip Snowe is a genius of the advertising world but what he can no longer do is sell himself to himself. Struggling to find meaning, he quits his career to give something back.

Julia, his wife, a brilliant and beautiful lawyer, fights her own demons, but with her intelligence and hard work, she believes she can keep them at bay. And so far she has.

Into their lives comes Laura Cusack, a single mother torn between the demands of her young daughters and her own unfulfilled passions.

Whose needs should you put first? Your family's? Your neighbour's? A complete stranger's? Or your own? And once you have made that choice, how do you live with yourself?

Spanning three generations, this compassionate and surprising story, touching profoundly upon love, art, religion and the search for fulfilment, grips from first to last as it explores the moral and emotional complexities of modern life.

Sarah is a former Vogue staff journalist, Times columnist and magazine editor - Irish Tatler - who had a novel published at 30. She had to take a break from writing - too much life intervened. Now she has returned to fiction and deals with subjects of love and loss with true understanding. Sarah is married to the journalist and author Tony Rennell. They have one son and live near Woodbridge in Suffolk.

The husband Phillip Snowe is an advertising genius who's become disenchanted. He quits his career 'to give something back.' The wife Julia, a brilliant and beautiful lawyer, believes that talent and hard work can keep her demons at bay. And so far it's worked. The lover Into their lives comes Laura, a single mother torn between the demands of her young daughters and her own unfulfilled passions. The dilemma Whose needs should you put first? Your family's? A complete stranger's? Or your own? Spanning three generations, this compassionate and surprising story explores the emotional and moral complexities of modern life. 'The characters are beadily portrayed ... the novel's real reward comes from its take on contemporary life' Fanny Blake, Daily Mail 'Powerful writing exposes the dark fears we hide in the corners of our mind' East Anglia Daily Times 'Beneath the layers there are a whole lot of issues waiting to be unearthed. If you like Joanna Trollope or Hilary Boyd then this book is for you' Goodreads Quercus Fiction

How do you know right from wrong when your certainties about life are slipping through your fingers? Phillip Snowe is a genius of the advertising world but what he can no longer do is sell himself to himself. Struggling to find meaning, he quits his career to give something back.Julia, his wife, a brilliant and beautiful lawyer, fights her own demons, but with her intelligence and hard work, she believes she can keep them at bay. And so far she has.Into their lives comes Laura Cusack, a single mother torn between the demands of her young daughters and her own unfulfilled passions.Whose needs should you put first? Your family's? Your neighbour's? A complete stranger's? Or your own? And once you have made that choice, how do you live with yourself?Spanning three generations, this compassionate and surprising story, touching profoundly upon love, art, religion and the search for fulfilment, grips from first to last as it explores the moral and emotional complexities of modern life.

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