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Jon Sigurdsson, a 59‑year‑old senior civil servant in Westminster, despises his colleagues and believes he is working for a government engaged in unmentionable acts. Meg Williams, a 45‑year‑old bankrupt accountant living on Telegraph Hill, struggles with sobriety while watching London unfold below her. Both men and women, each in their own crises, are drawn together by a shared moral struggle. Across a single, transformative day in 2014, their paths cross as they confront a corrupt system and their own brokenness, leading them toward a chance at tenderness and a chance to make ethical choices in an otherwise immoral world.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: A.L. Kennedy
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