One morning, Rebecca wakes up and realises she has turned into the wrong person. . Is she really this joyous and outgoing organiser of parties, the put-upon heart of her dead husband''s extended family? What happened to her quiet and serious nineteen-year-old self, and what would have happened if she''d married her college sweetheart? Can someone ever recover the person they''ve left behind?. ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE. ''Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing'' Rachel Joyce. ''She knows all the secrets of the human heart'' Monica Ali . ''A masterly author'' Sebastian Faulks. ''I love Anne Tyler. I''ve read every single book she''s written'' Jacqueline Wilson