Ornella and Veronica are the very best of friends. Ornella, domineering and flamboyant, becomes a doctor; Veronica, self-possessed, a journalist. But then something goes horribly wrong, and what was once the truest of relationships disintegrates into a nightmare of barely controlled resentment. As Ornella's loyalty fades, Veronica's desperate need for reconciliation becomes a matter of life and death - and if you can't trust your best friend with your life, then who can you trust?
"Everyone goes on about how women are good at friendship (and don't get me wrong, I'm a great believer in it myself) but no one ever talks about the flip-side..."
‘A sensitive and often funny story, that impressively treats a friendship between young women with the sort of grandness and ceremony usually reserved (by novelists) for love affairs.’
—Susie Boyt, Independent
‘The prose is precise, images bloom like bruises or blood drops… compact worlds are contained in the simplest of descriptions. Dunn is a surgeon of the heart, and her observations are sparky.’
—Eithne Farry, Time Out
‘A book for anyone who has had a friendship end and could not understand why. Brilliant!’
—The Big Issue
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