The Other Side of You

<p>The brilliant new novel from the bestselling author of ‘Mr Golightly's Holiday’ and ‘Miss Garnet’s Angel’.</p> <p>'There is no cure for being alive.' Thus speaks Dr David McBride a psychiatrist for whom death exerts an unusual draw. As a young child he witnessed the death of his six-year-old brother and it is this traumatic event which has shaped his own personality and choice of profession. One day a failed suicide Elizabeth Cruikshank is admitted to his hospital. She is unusually reticent and it is not until he recalls a painting by Caravaggio that she finally yields up her story.</p> <p>We learn of Elizabeth Cruikshank's dereliction of trust and the man she has lost through David's narration. As her story unfolds David finds his own life being touched by a sense that the 'other side' of his elusive patient has a strange resonance for him too.</p> <p>Set partly in Rome ‘The Other Side of You’ explores the theme of redemption through love and art which has become a hallmark of Salley Vickers's acclaimed work which includes ‘Mr Golightly's Holiday’ and ‘Miss Garnet’s Angel’.</p>