Susanna Greenfield was surprised when a handsome, intelligent and accomplished young architect picked her. Susanna had never felt that she was either attractive or interesting and she was surprised and flattered by Gerry’s interest. She almost unquestioningly accepted his proposal of marriage. As Susannah finally discovers – after almost 18 years of marriage – the trouble is, Gerry is a smug, narcissistic, selfish prick. Susanna wanted to be an artist, but first her mother, then Gerry, encouraged her to take a more secure and less confrontational path, becoming a teacher and a mother. While her younger sister Ange became a junkie (and then born-again Christian), Susanna has borne two children, established a teaching career and supported her ‘brilliant’ husband in his architectural practice. After a horrific accident, Susanna’s life begins to unravel as she starts to see Gerry for what he is. Yet through this process, she begins to see the possibility of an independent life. Veitch peoples her book with a range of finely drawn and fascinating characters, to produce a thoroughly engaging and insightful take on modern life.