Nearing thirty, with an abandoned degree and half-hearted dreams of becoming a writer, Bonnie Falls finally moves out of her parents’ home and into a shabby flat. When her enigmatic landlady takes an interest in her—and one of her unfinished stories—Bonnie’s aspirations are rekindled, and she’s quickly persuaded by the older woman’s suggestion that they go on holiday to a seaside town like the one in the story. A tense exploration of power and vulnerability, obsession and manipulation, is a masterpiece of form and gripping psychological novel about the stories that we tell ourselves.