Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2008
Winner of the Prix Femina 2006

Narrated by four children from different generations of the same family, Fault Lines is a tale of a present haunted by the past. Moving from California to New York, from Haifa to Toronto and Munich, its stories unwind back through the years until, reaching the Second World War, the devastating secret at the heart of the family’s history is finally revealed.

Domestic in focus and epic in scope, Fault Lines is a poignant and captivating piece of storytelling, revealing what can happen when past and present collide…