Just when success seems set for Zeph's writer husband Nick, she discovers that he has been unfaithful Wounded, she turns to her mother, only to discover that the past has also come back to haunt her Zeph is forced to see her own childhood in an entirely new light was her parents' happiness a sham, as her marriage also threatens to be? How far can you trust the person who tells you that they love you? Set in England and Sicily, Learning by Heart explores the complexities of marriage, of lasting love and human frailty