Yesterday’s Sun

By Amanda Brooke

Holly and her husband Tom move to the countryside to begin a new life. Holly explores the house and garden and settles to her work as a sculptor but left alone while journalist Tom is sent to work abroad she discovers the moondial in the garden which gives her a glimpse into the future; a future which doesn’t include her. As Tom travels more often Holly’s secret visits to the moondial become more frequent and more heart-breaking as she discovers the child she will have but knowing that her daughter will grow up without her Holly is left with a desperate choice to have a baby and sacrifice herself or save her own life and give up the baby she has already come to love. This is a heart wrenching and gorgeous debut novel. The characters will stay with you long after you finish this book and you won’t want it to end. (Harper Collins €9.99)