<p><b>FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>THE BALLROOM</i> AND </b><b><i>EXPECTATION</i></b><br><br>''<b>Poetic, philosophical </b>and<b> wildly captivating</b>... I swam in this book and<b> didn''t want to come up for air</b>'' Emma Jane Unsworth, author of <i>Animals </i>and<i> Adults</i><i><br>___________________</i><br><br><b><i>They are separating, she and her husband, after two decades together.</i></b><br><b><i>This fact is new. </i></b><br><b><i>Only really a fact for a few weeks or so. </i></b><b><i>Before that it was a possibility - one potential outcome among many. But now it appears to be, unequivocally, the case.</i></b><br><b><i>There are many ways of telling the tale ... </i></b><br><b><i>There are many different sides to every story ...</i></b><br><br>The White Rock stands, ancient and sacred, off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Four people, across four centuries, each navigating ruptures to the world they know, are irresistibly drawn to it.<br><br>A British writer travels i