Nina flies back to Malta with her son, Christopher to try to see her parents. Disowned when she was pregnant with Christopher, her last attempt to see her family and make peace ended in tears. So she leaving her daughter and husband behind, she plans to re-discover the Malta that she left behind and make peace with her family. But Malta has some surprises that even Nina could not have envisaged.

It transpires that Malta is not the beautiful unspoiled island of her youth, but a sort of transit lounge for dead people! And it is dead people that she meets, talks to and in turn they help each other to heal.

This is a beautiful book that I really enjoyed. It is full of surprises and little things that make you smile. (Such as Jesus' painted toenails)! The authors connection and knowledge of the island comes across in this haunting yet uplifting book.