Jenny Diski engages with this passionate and confused relationship between 'father and daughter', old writer/young acolyte, possible lovers, using both their voices. Much of their story is about absence of the people they love. In Jenny Diski's hands it becomes a fascinating tale.

Darker and more complex than Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout), but just as dazzling, the second novel by the enchantress Anna Gavalda tells a heartbreaking, unusual story about one man, two remarkable women and an unforgettable transvestite.
A 47-year-old successful architect hears about the death of a woman, whom he once loved - Anouk, the tragically big-hearted mother of a childhood friend - and his life starts to unravel. Charles seems to have everything, but turns his back on the present to go in search of her past and his childhood, falling a long way down.
One day he finds himself on a Paris pavement covered in his own blood. ... more

A woman stands on a bridge, the water rushing below. In a few seconds she will jump, plunging more than two hundred feet to her death.
Who is she? And what has driven her to take her own life?
Nina Kennedy, a wife and mother, is afraid. A man is following her, threatening her family, toying with her sanity.
What does he want? And how long will it be before he strikes?
Eight-year-old Ava is waiting for her daddy. But, just like the others in the children's home, her father never comes. The home is a place of whispers and shadows. But no one dare tell the truth.
Until now...