Compelling, heart-breaking, and emotionally vivid, When Youâre Gone will break your heart and fix it anew. A gripping and emotional novel about family, love and sacrifice.
1958: In a small town like Athenry, people talk. Everyoneâs noticed that the injury which stopped Annie Faganâs father from working doesnât prevent him from hitting his wife. But a manâs home is his castle, and no one is going to intervene. Until Annie runs into Arthur âSketchâ Talbot. Sketch is determined to help Annie, and the two soon fall in love. But Annieâs father wonât give his daughter up lightly, and Sketchâs attempts to save her will have devastating consequencesâŚ
Now: Hollyâs world is falling apart. Her unborn baby is seriously ill, her relationship is fracturing before her eyes, and her Nana is dying. But Nana has one final wish before she leaves: to read, one last time, the handwritten story of her first â and last â love, Arthur âSketchâ Talbot. As Holly reads to Nana, could it help her find the strength to face her own future? Could fulfilling her grandmotherâs final wish really be a gift for Holly?