The compelling new romantic novel from one of Britain's best-loved storytellers When genealogist Laura Wainwright receives an enquiry from a Canadian named Neil Crandel, her curiosity is aroused ?{{ not least by a piece of lace bought in the nineteenth century by George Dallancy for his daughter Marianne. It is she who is at the heart of this story, and together Laura and Neil unravel the threads of a complicated family history, whilst dealing with their own modern-day family problems.