FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BALLROOM AND EXPECTATIONThey are separating she and her husband after two decades togetherThis fact is newThere are many ways of telling the tale There are many different sides to every story A minibus journeys through rural Mexico Inside it are twelve strangers on a pilgrimage to the White Rock which stands ancient and sacred off the Pacific coast Like many before them over centuries and from across continents they find themselves irresistibly drawn here for answers to give thanks to seek protectionOne of them is a writer She is travelling with her husband and young daughter as her faith in her marriage and the future itself is foundering She has come to the White Rock in the hope of excavating a beginning from the rubble of many different endingsHere she will find the echoes of many stories of conquest and resistance of betrayal and belief of the many different forms of violence and love Stories that have already unravelled and stories that might yet illuminate a passage through these uncertain times An econovel you actually want to read The TimesIts narrative sweep is capacious It has ambition to match musing on freedom and reciprocity and the redemptive power of storytelling Impressive ObserverDeeply moving The i
