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Its been eight years since Gen Loxley lost her daughter, Beth: eight years of grief in which nothings really moved forward, for all that her husband, Art, wills it to. Gen, once a writer of novels, has settled in to a life of half-hearted teaching, while Art makes his name and their fortune - and pressures her into trying IVF once again. For Gen, it seems a cruel act of Its been eight years since Gen Loxley lost her daughter, Beth: eight years of grief in which nothings really moved forward, for all that her husband, Art, wills it to. Gen, once a writer of novels, has settled in to a life of half-hearted teaching, while Art makes his name and their fortune - and pressures her into trying IVF once again. For Gen, it seems a cruel act of replacement life without Beth is unthinkable, unbearable - but still it goes on. And then a woman arrives on Gens doorstep, saying the very thing she longs to hear: that her daughter was not stillborn, but was spirited away as a healthy child, and is out there, waiting to be found...So why is Art reluctant to get involved To save his wife from further hurt Or something much more sinister What is the truth about Beth Loxley