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Beatrice Kizza flees Uganda after being condemned for her love, hiding her sorrow in London’s shift‑work nights. In the same city, millionaire Howard Pink, who rose from Petticoat Lane to Kensington, is haunted by a decades‑old loss. Carol Hetherington, recently widowed, struggles to adjust to a quiet life in Wandsworth while worrying about her daughter’s future. Journalist Esme Reade chases a scoop, hoping to leave her mark on the world. Their separate lives collide when an unthinkable act shatters the glass that separates their worlds, revealing the deep connections that bind them in London’s stark social divide.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Elizabeth Day
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