![]() But Gabe also doesn’t tell the police-or Pippa-that he knows the woman who jumped. It was dusk, so Pippa reassures herself that maybe she is mistaken. ![]() That night when Amanda was on the cliff, Pippa had an unsettling feeling that what she saw through the window doesn’t jibe completely with what Gabe is telling the police when they arrive, after it’s too late. Since Pippa and her husband have moved into their house, Gabe has taken it upon himself to talk people out of jumping, and he’s been very successful. That point at the cliffs behind their property is called The Drop, and it’s where people have gone to commit suicide by throwing themselves from the top of the precipice. The cataclysmic event is when Amanda falls over the cliff behind the house where Pippa, her husband Gabe, and their two children live. ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative is told from the perspectives of Amanda and Pippa, the two female main characters, with Amanda’s narrative providing “before” and “after” indicators and Pippa’s narrative shared with “now” and “then” labels. As in many of her novels, Hepworth plays with the information she provides. The question of love-is it something that hits like lightning at first sight or is it something that grows slowly, over time-is one of the issues that Sally Hepworth explores in her newest novel, “The Soulmate.” The other main issue is about trust and how much we can ever trust another person. ![]()
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