Lovers, Colleagues, Family Tilly Has Always Been Brilliant At Pushing People In And Out Of Her Life Exactly As It Suits Her. Then Along Comes Geoffrey, Gentle, Compassionate, Generous To A Fault, With His Miserable Little Children And His Manipulative Ex-Wife.Tilly S Own Expertise In The Arts Of Deception And Avoidance Should Be Enough To Make Sure She S Always One Step Ahead Of Geoffrey S Disastrous, Crumbling Family. But Time And Again She Finds Herself Staying, Brought Down By Their Cowardly Backsliding And Their Barefaced Lies.How Has She Managed To Stay So Long In A Relationship She Knows Perfectly Well Has To Be Doomed? More Importantly, How Can Tilly Plan Her Permanent Escape?