Cerys and Lily have fled their homes for very different reasons, but they end up in the same place, both emotionally and physically: at their wits\u2019 end in a miserable Wales park, where together they embark on restarting their lives.<\/p>\n
Lily might be the most terrified young mother Cerys has ever seen. She grew up in foster care and had only a drug-addicted mother as a role model before that. That doesn\u2019t explain her terror, though, but Cerys sidesteps the whys\u2014she has enough to deal with, having left her husband and grown children and attempted suicide the day before. The pair, along with Lily\u2019s little boy, finds housing with a curmudgeonly old lady who threatens to shoot them if they steal anything, but becomes their refuge, and slowly build a new family.<\/p>\n
All isn\u2019t rosy though, and readers will remain in suspense, always waiting for the danger that Lily ran from\u2014a verbally and physically abusive husband\u2014to reappear. Jarratt maintains the tension throughout and does a superb job of portraying a victim who\u2019s on the edge. If you enjoy a tale of triumph, along with perhaps throwing a book across the room when a character is that much of a bastard, this one\u2019s for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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