On her forty-seventh birthday, Sydney Smith stands on a rooftop and prepares to jump. She is a cartoonist and freerunner. Feet constantly twitching she's never come to terms with the event that ripped her family apart when she was younger. And so, on a birthday that she doesn't want to celebrate, she returns alone to St Ives to face up to her guilt and grief. It's a trip that turns out to be life-changing - and not only for herself. A life-affirming novel of love and letting go.