Publisher's Synopsis
In the summer of 1939, the Gourlay family in their modest Glasgow tenement and the Cartwrights in their luxurious West End home face the horror of another war. Richard Cartwright becomes a fighter pilot, the Gourlay twins' husbands fight in France and Virginia Cartwright becomes a Red Cross Nurse on the Home Front in Glasgow. They also face the consequences of a shattering revelation as the secrets and lies that have dominated all their lives are uncovered, and the mystery that has bound the two families together is finally solved.
