When Ingrid Coleman disappeared mysteriously from a Dorset beach, she was presumed dead, leaving behind her writer husband, Gil, and her young daughters, Flora and Nan. But twelve years later, the elderly Gil claims to have seen Ingrid from a window, and Flora and Nan rush home to care for their father and the dilapidated seaside house they grew up in. Haunted by their mother's disappearance, the girls wonder if Gil really saw his wife, or if the sighting could be chalked up to an old man's delusions. Little do they realize that the truth they've craved about their mother is hidden in the thousands of books their father has collected over the years….With each chapter of this deeply compelling, character-driven novel, readers dive deeper into the secrets of the Coleman family, unraveling an intriguing mystery about family, marriage, and the limitations of hope.