A single breath

by Lucy Clarke

THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES I THOUGHT ABOUT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH, EVA. WHAT STOPPED ME WAS ALWAYS THE SAME THING ... When Eva's husband Jackson tragically drowns, she longs to meet his estranged family. The journey takes her to Jackson's brother's doorstep on a remote Tasmanian island. In a single breath everything changes. The memories of the man she married start slipping through her fingers like sand, as everything she ever knew and loved about him is thrown into question. Now she's no longer sure whether it was Jackson she fell in love with - or someone else entirely. The truth is, it was all a lie ...

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