Oxygen

In the summer of 1997, four people realise that the time has come to assess what matters in life. Each will be given a chance to break free from the past: Alice Valentine, who lies gravely ill in her West Country home; her two sons, one still searching for a sense of direction, the other fighting to keep his career and marriage afloat; and László Lázár, who leads a comfortable life in Paris yet is plagued by his memories of the 1956 Hungarian uprising.

Author photo © Rob McDougall