Becoming a Tree

<p>Twenty-five years after Anna's unexplained disappearance from his life William a middle-aged Englishman living in Italy runs into her perfect look-alike Karen. Quizzed the young South African denies any knowledge of Anna even though she is living in her former flat. The chance meeting sets off an investigation that takes William back into a troubled past and a series of jealously guarded family secrets. As the unspeakable truth begins to emerge it becomes clear that everyone who has been harmed and has struggled to survive must undergo a radical transformation. A novel about the haunting of the present by the past Becoming a Tree explores the prisons this creates and the different ways people find to break free of them.</p>