Celia Mphephu works as a maid for the Steiners in a white man's suburb of 1960s Johannesburg. When racial tensions in the country escalate and the Steiners plan to move to England, they offer to adopt Celia's daughter Miriam and raise her as their own. But Miriam finds England to be very different to the place she was told about.

A story of secrets, love and loss, set against the violent backdrop of apartheid South Africa and the calm of late 20th century Britain. Follows a mother and daughter separated by land, sea and heart-rending circumstance. Now in paperback.