Can you leave a life behind, simply by walking away? What would you do if you were invisible to your husband and your teenage son? How would you feel if they no longer spoke to you; if you knew your husband had had an affair? And what if your mother; a lifelong alcoholic, had just suffered a stroke that would see her become completely dependent on you? Above all, what if you were cherishing a secret grief so bitter and painful that it was consuming you from within? Then imagine that one day you won £30.000 on the horses. Would you take the money and simply walk away? Deveney explores the loneliness, secrets and silences that can haunt even the most loving of families.