Beyond the Clouds

by Judy Bryan

When Anna’s drug-addict brother Ed is found dead, everything in her seemingly perfect life changes. Overwhelmed by grief, and feeling guilty about a row they’d had, she dismisses his appearance in her kitchen several weeks later as a hallucination. However, when Ed insists that she finds Sam, the 15-year-old son he never met, curiosity and a sense of family duty persuade her to investigate. As if things weren’t bad enough, Anna’s partner Ben then makes a devastating announcement. Still reeling from this shock, Anna struggles to cope when Sam shows up on her doorstep, desperate for help. She turns to her friend Jez for support, but as their relationship begins to develop into something deeper, he receives some heartbreaking news. With her life descending into chaos, Anna is forced to take control to try and turn it all around. Could the nephew she barely knows help to heal the rifts within her family?

298 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 2012