What you see in this picture is a woman whose husband might leave her, who might find herself at midlife casting about in her past for answers to her future…
Catherine Hubbard is at a crossroads in her life. Twice divorced, her children are now grown up and scattered across the country. Then news comes that she has inherited her grandmother Georgia’s home in Vermont. There, Catherine finds not only the ghosts of her own past but those of her grandmother’s too. Georgia’s diaries, discovered in the attic, reveal the true story of her life and marriage, and of the tragic misunderstanding upon which she built a lasting love. The World Below tells the parallel stories of two women separated by generations, but linked by the bitter disappointments and regrets that lurk beneath the surface of their ordinary lives.
‘Miller brings unusual skill in the exploration of women’s hopes and regrets. The careful build-up of detail, and an acute understanding of the facts and feelings which lie behind disguises, make this a sensitive examination of two private lives’
Sunday Telegraph
‘Candid and thoughtful … A voice of unusual truth and perception’
Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
‘Miller writes with tremendous subtlety and perception’
Daily Mail