Alice Raikes lies in a coma in Scotland after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. With her life hanging in the balance, Alice's family gathers. As they wait, argue, and remember, long-buried tensions rise. Alice, meanwhile, slides between different levels of consciousness, recalling her past and a recent love affair.
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Alice Raikes lies in a coma in Scotland after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. With her life hanging in the balance, Alice's family gathers. As they wait, argue, and remember, long-buried tensions rise. Alice, meanwhile, slides between different levels of consciousness, recalling her past and a recent love affair.
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This brilliant story about love and loss is set in contemporary times betwixt London and small-town Scotland. Alice, the young heroine, is intense and quite likeable: she knows what she wants and has no pretenses. The story is mostly looking back on her life as she lies in a coma after an accident, shortly after unexpectedly seeing something shocking that was quite a revelation to her. Chapters jump back and forth between Alice's childhood and love life and her mother's and grandmother's lives. The writing is straightforward and devastating. I especially enjoyed reading a novel set in the British Isles during modern times instead of in the past.