Nan Green a young mother of twin girls has been visiting the beautiful Welsh Island of Anglesey for her entire life. On her most recent visit she discovers an old cottage from her childhood is for sale. She decides she must have this cottage to raise her family in and slowly talks her city bred husband Robin into buying it and moving there. All is well in the beginning, Robin and Nan enjoy their time renovating and updating the cottage. Nan is living her dream. But as time goes by Robin is unwilling to work from home and he takes a place back in Cambridge for work. He does not visit often and when he does they often quarrel. Nan is lonely with only her two little girls for company and seeks out friends with a couple of local folk who have have sympathetic hearts. As Robin and Nan become more distant from each other Nan is forced to learn how to rely on herself and her own strengths. She begins down the path of knowing herself. It is a good path and she begins to heal from hurts from the past. There are many secrets in this novel, some are secrets upon secrets. As Nan begins to join in more as a local she is forced to find answers and uncover many of these secrets with the help of family and her new friends.

I really enjoyed this novel, it was intriguing and complex and I really like all of the characters. Well, maybe not Robin so much. However nobody is perfect and he did have his role to play in Nans story. The description of the island and the Welsh people was beautiful and made me feel like I want to visit this special paradise in Wales. Very highly recommended.

Thank you to Net Galley for an opportunity to listen to the audio version of this wonderful book. ( )