Rebecca D’Harlingueová skúma dôsledky rodinných tajomstiev a naše pokusy odhaliť samých seba, čo ju inšpirovalo k písaniu. Jej tvorba sa zaoberá zložitosťou ľudských vzťahov a snahou o sebapoznanie. D’Harlingueová zdieľa svoju lásku k príbehom s deťmi aj dospelými a prostredníctvom svojho písania pozýva čitateľov k zamysleniu nad vlastným životom a vzťahmi.
A young girl flees seventeenth-century Madrid, in fear for her life. Three centuries later and a continent away, a woman comes across old papers long hidden away, and in them discovers the reason for the flight so long ago, and for her own mother's enigmatic dying words.
In 1660 Amsterdam, Anneke longs to create a new map, but cartography is the domain of men. Still, she persists, and eventually it seems her goal may actually be in sight-until family secrets, infidelity, and even murder threaten her dream.