Tracing three generations across the 20th century, this innovative novel by the author of The Second-Last Woman in England introduces sisters Jennifer and Charlotte, who share a dark secret; their mother and aunt, who endured the bombing of London; and the generation before them—Bertha and Jemima—whose lives took a deadly turn during England's ill-fated 1926 general strike. As the lies, betrayals, and hidden mysteries of the past unspool, these three sets of siblings will glimpse how both family history and world history shaped their lives.