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La quatrième de couverture indique : "Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She¹s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ©Jess and Jason¹, she calls them. Their life as she sees it is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It¹s only a minute until the train moves on, but it¹s enough. Now everything¹s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she¹s only watched from afar. Now they¹ll see; she¹s much more than just the girl on the train"

The country is changing and, up and down the land, cracks are appearing ù within families and between generations. In the Midlands Benjamin Trotter is trying to help his aged father navigate a Britain that seems to have forgotten he exists, whilst in London his friend Doug doesn't understand why his teenage daughter is eternally enraged. Meanwhile, newlyweds Sophie and Ian can find nothing to agree on except the fact that their marriage is on the rocks ...