Gone

A poetic and gripping debut novel about the unspoken passions of the English middle class.In an attempt to bury her old self Elizabeth has moved to the deserts of the American Southwest to live with her boyfriend Spencer. But after proposing to him to satisfy her dying grandmother’s wish, she is forced to return home to arrange an impromptu wedding. Disturbing secrets emerge and Elizabeth must weigh American sincerity against the repression that has been her family’s lifelong habit