When we go through something impossible; someone; or something; will help us; if we let them . . . 'I LOVE IT! Utterly and completely brilliant.' JOANNA CANNON It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. But; as the evening unfolds; news hits of a landslide at a coal mine. It has buried a school: Aberfan. William decides he must act; so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job as an embalmer; and it will be one he never forgets. His work that night will force him to think about the little boy he was; and the losses he has worked so hard to forget. But compassion can have surprising consequences; because - as William discovers - giving so much to others can sometimes help us heal ourselves. 'It's a long time since I've read a debut novel that moved me so much.' RACHEL JOYCE