Summary

In Chapter 1, Leonora Shaw, called both Lee and Nora for short, is running from a car. She thinks of James, and wonders if she is too late. She throws herself onto the road. When she awakens, she is in the hospital and told she has a head injury. Everything hurts Nora, and she wonders what it is that she has done.

In Chapter 2, Nora decides to go for a run, comes home, showers, and opens up her e-mail. She lives in a small flat (apartment) in Newcastle in London and works from home as a novelist. Nora is surprised to discover an e-mail from Florence Clay, inviting her to a “Hen Do” (bachelorette party) on the weekend of November 14-16 for Clare Cavendish, someone she has not seen in ten years. Nora receives another e-mail from Florence, telling Nora that Clare really hopes Nora...