Over by Margaret Forster

This is the story of a family unravelling when they should be drawn together. Miranda, the 18-year-old daughter of Don and Louise, twin to Molly and older sister of Finn, is drowned in a sailing accident. Determined that someone must be held culpable, Don abandons his career in an obsessive search for details of the boat in which Miranda died and the reasons why she, an inexperienced sailor, was alone at sea. While Louise and her children deal with Miranda’s death in their own ways, the family is torn apart by Don’s fixation. This powerful chronicle of love, grief and loyalty is both moving and thought provoking.