The story of a remarkable woman - the story of our times. A stunning debut novel from iconic actor and bestselling author Sheila Hancock.

Startlingly good . she is remarkably good at evoking period and place Sunday Times on THE TWO OF US An impressive and affecting work of art Spectator Her writing is starkly honest . she is never less than courageous and often desperately moving Daily Telegraph Infused with humanity, self-perception and honesty ... It is the stuff of bestsellers Guardian on JUST ME The writing remains so strong that one hopes there is more to come Daily Telegraph, Books of 2008 Heartbreakingly moving . wise, funny and deeply touching Daily Mail Magnificent Sunday Times, Book of the Year

Sheila Hancock is one of Britain's most highly regarded and popular actors, and received an OBE for services to drama in 1974 and a CBE in 2011. Since the 1950s she has enjoyed a career across Film, Television, Theatre and Radio. Her first big television role was in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade in the early 1960s. She has directed and acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Her first book, Ramblings of an Actress, was published in 1987. Following the death of her husband, John Thaw, Sheila Hancock wrote a memoir of their marriage, The Two of Us, which was a number one bestseller and won the British Book Award for Author of the Year in 2004. Her memoir of her widowhood, Just Me, also a bestseller, was published in 2008. She lives in London and France.