Winner Of The W.H. Smith Literary Award, Shortlisted For The Booker Prize. As New. Acclaimed novel of secrets and lies revealed in the aftermath of World War II. Secrets and lies linger in the very walls of the solid Normandy house where Thereise and Leonie; French and English cousins of the same age, grow up together in Normandy., after the war. Intrigued by parents and servants; guilty silences and the broken shrine they find in the woods, the girls weave their own elaborate fantasies, unwittingly revealing the village secret and a deep shame that will haunt them in their adult lives.
