''Rich in charm and surprises'' GUARDIAN
''A triumph. Funny, mysterious, moving and ingenious - a Shakespearian knot of happiness all round'' PHILIP PULLMAN
''Brilliantly observed. I loved it'' CLAIRE FULLER
''''A truly memorable story, I loved it'' JOANNA CANNON
''An intriguing, brilliantly told story'' NINA STIBBE
''Charming and shocking . . . Never fails to delight'' MICK HERRON
One night in a remote hunting lodge with a Hollywood director causes an international scandal that wrecks Astrid''s glittering stage career, and her marriage. Her ex-husband, the charismatic Scottish actor Magnus Fellowes, goes on to find global fame, while Astrid retreats to a disintegrating Sussex windmill.
Now 82, she lives there still, with a troupe of dachshunds and her long-suffering friend, Mrs Baker, who came to clean twenty years ago and never left. But the past is catching up with them. There has been an ''Awf
