A novel of urban deceit and rural passion, of doctors, witches, birth and death. 'Many people dream of country cottages. Liffey dreamed for many years, and saw her dream come true one hot Sunday afternoon, in Somerset, in September...A trap closed around her. The getting of the country cottage, not the wanting - that was the trap.'

Richard and Liffey, a young married couple, follow their dream of moving out of London to a country cottage in the middle of Somerset. Richard continues to live and work in London, coming to stay with Liffey only on weekends. Pregnant Liffey feels burdened, hampered, at the mercy of these biological impulses beyond her control. Then there are the odd neighbours, the Tuckers, to reckon with, and the looming shadow of Bella, Richard's lover in London, threatening the rural idyll Liffey had for so long imagined.

- The novel starts very promising but I had a feeling that something was missing to the very end. The plot develops nicely, we, the readers, can not believe how naïve Liffey can be, the situation gets more sinister and then comes the ending. The ending which was shocking, surprising, and a starting point for a lot of heated discussion. Nevertheless, the whole experience was not very fulfilling in retrospective.

- My main problem with this novel is that it had not been able to touch me on any level. I couldn’t care less for the characters and that is not a good sign. The author leads us through a series of events, piling them neatly one after the other and that is all you’re going to get.

- Although I did not like the novel very much, I must say that it was quite amusing to read it. Some of the episodes were hilarious. I was convulsing with laughter when a hippy community took over the flat.