Katharine Davies

Eira is alone. Thirty-six years old and living on her own. She loved Jack, but their relationship had to end - she could never have a baby with an alcoholic. Now she works in a quiet museum, in the middle of a park, desperately lonely and aching for someone to love. And one spring morning, she finds a baby in a box on the museum steps.

The vast complexities, confusions, and misadventures of love come together in a debut novel that intertwines the lives of disparate characters who think they are in love--including Valentina, masquerading as a male gardener for a melancholy musician, and Leo, the musician who relandscapes his estate to catch the eye of Melody, a teacher who loves someone who will never love her back. Original. 25,000 first printing.