''Tense and engrossing... readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will not be disappointed.'' - Sunday Times
''An instant classic.'' - Daily Express
''You will end up grinning dippily and recommending this wild, searching book to everyone you know.'' - The Times
''Brilliantly realized... a powerful study of grief, loss, guilt, depression, mental illness - and ultimately the power of love - which grips the reader on every page.'' - Daily Mail
Summer, 1972: Two seconds have been added to the Atomic clock so as to counteract the irregularities in the Earth''s rate of rotation. Eleven-year-old Byron has been told this but still struggles to understand. What might it mean? In the claustrophobic heat, he and his friend begin -Operation Perfect-, a hapless mission to rescue Byron-s mother from impending crisis.
Winter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local caf-a solitary figure st
