It is March 30th 1924. It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold? A powerful novel about the lives we lead, and the parallel lives - and stories - we can never know. From the Booker-winning author of "Last Orders" and "Waterland".