Hobbema Prospect

Anne Cossey has a recurring dream of an avenue that reminds her of Hobbema’s painting of The Avenue at Middelharnis. Beyond that she knows nothing of the place, except that it terrifies her. There is a great deal in her past that she cannot remember. Who is her mother? Who was her father? Who is she?

Then, while she is on honeymoon in Spain, her mother ‘commits suicide’ in a manner that Anne is th...