Cressida Connolly was born in 1960. She is an author, journalist and reviewer. She is the author of The Happiest Days and The Rare and the Beautiful: The Lives of the Garmans. She lives in Worcestershire with her husband and three children.
'Unusual and brilliant … It has similarities to Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child.' Deborah Orr, Guardian A beautifully written novel, which tells a story of love and loss through three generations of a family.