A smart, sometimes harrowing story , with true to life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings -- Sunday Mirror Fans rate this deeply emotional read her best novel yet -- Sunday Post Divided by tragedy, Stella and Jack are drawn together once more in this riveting relationships novel -- Woman & Home I really resented having to put The Anniversary down - terrific, beautifully written, searingly honest --Charles Dance, actor, screenwriter and director One of the best family and friendship sagas . [An] emotional read . Stella and Jack's marriage is over. Will feelings resurface when their daughter needs them?-- Prima A journey through the stages of life and love that will make you laugh out loud -- Woman's Weekly Praise for Hilary Boyd -- - Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes-- Daily Mail A warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life-- Daily Telegraph Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller-- Closer I was ripping through this book . addictive-- Evening Standard Boyd gets under the skin of her characters to show that falling in love isn't limited to the young-- Sunday Express A smart emotional drama, you will race through this-- Sunday Mirror Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships-- Woman & Home Boyd is the mistress of the multi-layered story-- My Weekly.