LivesandlovesentwineinAndreaLevy'saward-winningstoryofJamaicansandLondonersinvolvedintheSecondWorldWar.London1948:HortensejoinsGilbert,hernewhusband,inEngland,whereheislodgingwithQueenieBligh.Thewomenhavebothmarriedinunpromisingcircumstancesasloveisaluxuryneithercanafford.AsHortenseremembersherlifeinJamaicaandtheprofoundloveshehadforMichaelandhisbetrayalofher,QueeniealsoremembershernightofpassionwiththesameMichaelwhenherhusbandwasawayatwar.Initiallysuspiciousofeachother,willtheyuncoverthesecrettheyshare?。
