Pastor Ralph and his wife Anna live in Norfolk, raising four children and devoting their lives to charity. The constant flow of “good souls and sad deeds” hides the growing crises in one’s own family, the disappointment of one’s own children, the cracks in one’s own marriage. Memories of missionary service in South Africa and Botswana, of the terrible African tragedies that defined their future lives, threaten to destroy the fragile world they have built for themselves. This is a stunningly smart novel that asks the toughest questions. Is it possible to forgive everything and how to let go of the past?