One woman's move from London to Dartmouth places her at the centre of a family in crisis in this sharply observed novel about marriage, motherhood, friendship and the limits of loyalty.
Eloise will do anything for the people she loves, but trying to save everyone could cost her everything.
Londoner Eloise Hamilton has built a life she loves, so agreeing to move to Dartmouth with her husband, Mark, and their daughters feels like an enormous sacrifice. She hopes her close relationship with her mother-in-law, Margaret, and daily calls with her best friend, Sara, will make leaving London easier.
Instead, Margaret's increasing confusion points to dementia, while Sara's desperate longing for a child pushes her marriage to breaking point. Determined to help them both, Eloise begins making increasingly extreme promises, even as the pressure exposes cracks within her own home.
A revelation involving the two people she trusts most leaves Eloise questioning her marriage, her closest friendship and every sacrifice she has made.
How much can one woman give before love, loyalty and friendship finally demand too much?
Powerful, perceptive and deeply emotional, Whatever It Takes is a contemporary family drama for readers of Liane Moriarty and Jane Green, exploring female friendship, marriage, motherhood, infertility and how far we'll go for the people we love.
