Throughout their university years, Kate and Max are inseparable, even though they're from different worlds. At a party in Max's family home, just after graduation, Kate's life is shattered in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. This novel explores the effects of trauma on mind and body, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, and the courage of a young woman who speaks out. A novel about modern love, sexual violence and toxic inheritance fro a brilliant new British voice.