Why do we hold onto things we don’t need? And let go of the things we do?

Miriam finds herself restless and adrift, living with a flatmate who’s no longer a friend. With her thirtieth looming, she’s determined that her life needs to change and that’s when she meets Erik- an enigmatic artist in his mid-forties.

Erik hires Miriam to sift through the possessions that tether him to his painful past. Sensing a kindred spirit, Miriam is drawn to him, despite his obsessive hoarding and the fact that he’s clearly still haunted by an ill-fated marriage.

With both of them grappling with the past, they need to find a way forward- either together, or alone…

This deeply affecting novel explores the unlikely relationship between two very different people, depicting the tenuous bonds between us, and how easily they can be broken.