In this companion novel to Bodies of Light, Ally’s husband Tom leaves, onlyweeks into their marriage, to build lighthouses in Japan. Ally, one of Britain'sfirst female doctors, takes work at an asylum in Truro. With only letters sentacross the ocean to sustain them, and with Ally now battling her old demonsalone, will their marriage survive?

‘A compelling, often harrowing, occasionally heartbreaking read’ - Guardian