Elizabeth Buchan

Married for twenty-five years, Rose Lloyd, a London book review editor, finds herself starting over when her husband, who works at the same newspaper, leaves her for Minty, her young assistant co-worker.

Hiding the truth about their crumbling marriage beneath a veneer of professional success and domestic security, Tom and Annie Nicholson face more difficulties when the economic crisis causes Tom to lose his job and two family members to move in.