From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofCarry the One,a new novelthatexplores what happens when a group of formerly untested friends are confronted with their worst fears. . .
Chicago, 2016. Cate is a stage designer in her early forties with a firm plan to fix her life. Though she's started a promising new relationship with the glamorous Maureen, she is haunted by an old, still-seductive affair. On top of this, her newly heartbroken ex-husband is now camped out in Cate's spare bedroom, in thrall to online conspiracy theories, and she's not sure how to help him. The best model of serious adulthood in her life is her best friend Neale, a yoga instructor who lives nearby with her son.
While Cate is busy with work and her string of messy relationships, a pair of small-time criminals only a few blocks away are leading a very different kind of life - dark and desperate. Their world collides with Cate's the day she finds these intruders in Neale's kitchen. Forced to take action, Cate does something she would not have thought she could do - in an instant, her world is overturned.
Anshaw's flawed, beautifully observed characters grapple with love, trauma, and the darker aspects of human nature in this stunning novel about change and the reverberations of our actions.

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Praise forCarry the One
'Here'spassionand addiction,guiltand damage,all thebeautiful mess of family life.Carry the Onewilllift readers off their feetand bear them along on its eloquent tide'Emma Donoghue
'Superb. . . Anshaw sees her characters withstartling clarity, anacutealertness to nuance, and no small helping ofwarmth and humour. Amarvellousnovel,grown-up, smartandemotionally intelligent'Patrick Ness,Guardian
'Afinely craftednovel, full ofphrases you want to cut out and keep, andcharacters you think you know. It is delicate in its touch, yet huge in its reach'Observer