This moving debut unpicks the secret selves of Maggie and Frank to reveal the tragic miscommunications of their broken family. It?s a pleasure to read such a stylish and confident new voice, Louise Candlish

Heart-breaking secrets tenderly evoked with intelligence and depth. Maggie and Frank are unforgettable characters, Rachel Hore

An unforgettable love story with a mystery that had me captivated until the last, heart-wrenching page. It deserves to be huge, Catherine Isaac

The premise alone had me, but the book itself is just heartrendingly lovely. It?s beautiful, so moving and clever. I truly adored it, Josie Silver

In her tremendously moving debut, a novel that pulses with emotional tension, Abbie Greaves masterfully unpicks a history of ordinary lives facing extraordinary challenges. I found it impossible to look away from the relationship at the heart of this novel., Gilly Macmillan
Biografía del autor

Abbie Greaves studied at Cambridge University before working in a literary agency for a number of years. She was inspired to write her first novel, The Silent Treatment, after reading a newspaper article about a boy in Japan who had never seen his parents speak to one another before.

Abbie lives in Brighton with her boyfriend.