A story of loss, evolving friendship and self discovery.
Hilary has never left home and at fifty-five uncomplainingly looks after her progressively disabled but feisty mother.
Her mother dies suddenly and Hilary is thrown into a spiral of despair. With support from her friends she comes to terms with the loss. The discovery of a manuscript amongst her mother’s things makes her realise that she had not known the woman she had lived with.
Becoming freer from the ties to her mother the bonds with her friends deepen and with their help she begins to learn to live life for herself.

We can all be open to change, whatever our age.
Hilary, released from a life of bowing to her mother’s wishes, has come out of her shell. Emboldened, she renovates the bungalow that she and her mother had shared. In trying to escape the resulting chaos, she ventures on a trip that would have been unthinkable while her mother was alive. Surprising herself and, delighting her friends, she finds love and the promise of happiness.


This is the second book of the Barwell Trilogy