The story unfolds over 24 hours and across 50 years, as decades of family legacies, love, lies and one unspeakable incident in her childhood lead Elle to a life-changing decision. She has to decide between the life she has made with her much-loved husband Peter and the life she imagined would be hers with her childhood love Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives. A New York Times Number One Bestseller!