Love is not easy, especially if you find the woman of your dreams and then lose her โ as Philip Griffin and his son Stephen each discover in turn.
Stephen is just a boy when his mother and sister are killed in a car crash, and his father never recovers from the accident: he wasnโt involved but is consumed by grief, his only desire to be reunited with his wife. Before that happens, though, Philip wants to ensure the happiness of his son, Stephen โ now a grown man.
โAs it is in Heaven, Niall Williamsโ tale of love and tragedy, will leave you in tearsโ Tatler
โA bitter-sweet novel about passionate love giving way to commitment, grief to a sort of healingโ Irish Times
โA tender and sober novel with a faith in romance that is absoluteโ Daily Express
โDelicious coincidence and tragedy, as extraordinary lives unravel and intertwineโ Guardian