Before they could have a future, they had to say goodbye to the past . . .
Annie, Ursula, Manon, and Penny. They'd been friends at college, close friends - and on that last, apparently perfect Oxford afternoon in 1982, they'd drunk champagne and tried to imagine what the future held in store.
Now, it's the dawn of the twenty-first century and they meet again - same place, and another glorious summer. But Penny is no longer with them, and for the other three, this is a time to confront the reality of their lives.
Annie, the one who dreamed of being an actress, has gained nationwide fame in 'I Love Annie', her sit-com about the trials and tribulations of a single, thirty-something, would-be actress. Ursula, who wanted to be Prime Minister, has a husband, three children and a career as a lawyer. Manon, half French and always a mystery , now works as a hat-check girl in a Soho club.
During the course of one highly charged weekend, old passions are revived, love newly found and long-held secrets revealed.
Funny, poignant, but above all life-affirming, Imogen Parker's new novel brilliantly pinpoints our hopes and fears at the brink of a new era.
