Peeling back the layers of grief, remorse

SET in Northern

Ontario in 1972, the alternately gripping and darkly funny novel explores the relationships of three people who are brought together by fate and their mistakes.

Clara's sister is missing. The angry, rebellious Rose has a deeply unsettling row with their mother, which causes her to storm out of the family house. Rose simply disappears.

Eight-year-old Clara becomes more and more isolated as her distraught parents try to protect her from the truth.

The little girl is confused and grief-stricken.

Intensely readable, this novel unfolds layer after layer amid all the heart-wrenching soul searching.