The heartbreaking new novel from the author of the Costa shortlisted debut, The Other Half of Augusta Hope 'One of those rarest of books: so beautiful I almost couldn't bear it, and so moving I was reading through tears' STACEY HALLS 'A glorious journey into loving & longing, rich with colour & warmth' ANSTEY HARRIS 'A joy to read' ANNE YOUNGSON 'A love song to women everywhere' ERICKA WALLER 'Heartrending and heartwarming' CELIA ANDERSON 'The most exquisitely written story of human love in all its forms' JESSICA RYN 'A deep delight of a book that vibrates with love and longing' HELEN PARIS MEET EVA MARTÍNEZ-GREEN, AN ONLY CHILD FULL OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HER BEGINNINGS. But between her emotionally absent mother and her physically absent father, there is nobody to answer them. So Eva begins a journey to find these answers for herself. But as she searches across continents for real love, she meets women who challenge her idea of what a mother should be, and who will change her life...