Louise Dean Kolejność książek (chronologicznie)

In 1979 zijn er alleen verliezers in het Noord-Ierse conflict: de rooms-katholieke gezinnen die hun zonen verliezen, de Britten hun kameraden.

In the weeks before Christmas a mother will lose a son, and a father will gain one. Both will have to find a way to survive when everything they love is in danger of being destroyed.

Jan and Annemieke are going on their last holiday together, their love dissolving in middle age. Thirty years their senior, Dorothy and George are on one of their first. When these four people meet on an island in the Caribbean, they find more than an escape from their daily existence. They discover that it's not too late to save the rest of their lives.

The author describes the comfort and companionship she enjoyed with her dog while growing up in a troubled family.