Sandy leaves home late one evening to catch an overnight train. Her journey takes her across the moor; the road is empty and her music playing loudly, she pays little attention to the road. The ensuing unexpected and bewildering events impact her life in ways which she could never have imagined. Her chance encounters with three very different men lead her into danger and conflicting loyalties, which extend beyond them all, enveloping families, friends and complete strangers. Familial love vies with justice and Sandy agonises over her choices which expose surprising and upsetting aspects of the people closest to her heart.
A beautifully written book - evocative, touching, honest and personal. The descriptive passages about the countryside, weather and nature are vivid, poetic and extremely sensitively and artistically observed. I cared about the characters deeply from the get-go. And their plights, their problems and lives, though set in a dramatic plot-line, are above all those of real, honest, ordinary people. I highly recommend this wonderful read.