'The most exciting novel I've read in ages... I gulped it down so readable so EXCELLENT about
people. Read it' Marian Keyes 'This novel is perfection' Glamour 'A coolly ironic look at
modern womanhood. This is an excellent novel' The Times You know how we say we devoured a story
and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eaten. It was like that with Claire for
me. From humble beginnings Therese has let herself grow used to a life of luxury after
marrying into an empire-building family. But when rumours of corruption gather around her
husband's latest development the social opprobrium is shocking the fallout swift and Therese
begins to look at her privileged and insular world with new eyes. In the flat below Therese
something else is brewing. Her neighbour Claire believes she's discovered the secret to living
with freedom and authenticity freeing herself from the mundanity of domesticity. Therese finds
herself enchanted by the lure of the permissive zone Claire creates in her apartment - a place
of ecstatic release. All too quickly Therese is forced to confront herself and her choices -
just how did she become this person? And what exactly should she do about it? 'A thoughtful
intelligent novel about one woman's search for more meaning' Good Housekeeping
