Publisher's Synopsis
The Palmer sisters are close. They all agree that loyalty to one another always outweighs loyalty to boyfriends and lovers and husbands. And there are never any secrets. Not until now. Stella tells Bridie a rumour she's heard about Liddy's new boyfriend. Should Liddy be told? Bridie is certain she should and persuades her sisters to join in her decision. But Liddy reacts badly and Bridie becomes the outcast, bereft of the support system upon which she had based her whole life and all her values. With surgical precision and a wry intelligence Anne Fine exposes the claustrophobic and potentially duplicitous nature of close family relationships. Secrets beget secrets and the final revelations are more than anyone has bargained for.
