Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, May 3rd, 2022

Format: Paperback

Pages: 384

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

1957, France. 
 
Florence and Lilli meet at finishing school in Lyon. Despite some differences, they forge a firm friendship that promises to last a lifetime. But a terrible betrayal prematurely tears them apart.
 
Years later in England, Florence has become the woman her friend knew she could be – creative, bold, and independent. The exact opposite of Alice, a young woman troubled by a recent trauma, whom Florence is determined to help bring out of her shell. Just as Lilli once did for her.
 
When Florence discovers that the novel she’s reading is written by Lilli and is based on their time at school, the two stories begin to unfold together. Past events illuminate the future, and it becomes clear that long-held secrets can’t stay buried for ever.

My Review:

Thank you, Simon and Schuster Canada for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: dual timelines
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This book goes back and forth between 1957 France and present-day England. In the past, Lilli and Florence meet at school as they are on the verge of entering womanhood. Something happens at the school that readers need to figure out what it was and why Lilli and Florence lose touch. In the present, Florence hires Alice, a young teen, to walk her dog and she tries to help Alice overcome a trauma.
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I really enjoyed the back and forth perspectives and how the past was told in the way of a book Florence was reading.
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CW: pregnancy, abortion, death of a friend, car accident.