Will Tye, a teenage boy develops his first intense crush on a girl. But the girl is his own cousin Cecelia. News of the infatuation spreads through generations of the Tye family, leaving ripples of resentment and disquiet. Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, it takes us from the outbreak of WWII to the present day. The bestselling author behind Miss Garnet's Angel, Vickers takes a controversial psychological topic and looks closely at the effects it has, exploring the nature of transgression, and the limits of morality and love.
