This is a novel about secrets. David Dryden is pastor of a high profile church in London, and is admired for his emphasis on the Christian family. But all is not well in his own. He and his wife Fiona have been driven apart by the erratic behaviour of their teenage son Colom. When a commitment to die is discovered in Colom's room after the suicide of a school friend, David finds himself out of his depth - and Fiona, in panic, takes Colom and flees ...A wonderful, intelligent and searching novel about the toxic nature of secrets, and the possibility of starting again.