Departure(s) Northern Scotland As they sit down to

As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso has a sinister purpose in bringing her here

from bees to grasshoppers

Woodville was a man with an important cultural role

a life-changing competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers

Departure(s) Northern Scotland As they sit down toA book about many things, including: A man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old; a Jack Russell called Jimmy, famous for his good behaviour; the mischievous nature of memory; the aging body, and how it begins to fail; taking our chances, facing our fate; how we find happiness in this life; how a departure can also be an arrival; and when it is time to say goodbye.