As the day unfolds, lies are told, choices are revisited, family, friends and strangers are lost and found and Lilith Grainger discovers it's exhausting being an unknown woman.<br/><br/>It is Tuesday May 15 and accidental housewife Lilith Grainger wakes to find herself in a photograph on the front page of the newspaper, in a place she shouldn't be, in a world her privileged family knows nothing about.<br/><br/>At the centre of the novel is 44 year old Lilith Grainger a former actuary who gave up work to look after her two children. It was meant to be for a year or so, but that year or so has turned into 10. She has a lovely, funny husband Bernie who works as a lawyer. Two children, Olivia (14) and Daniel (11) a father in a nursing home, a CEO brother who has just been accused of sexual harassment at work, a neighbour who is getting under her skin (some may say she is becoming obsessed by her) and a mother - in - law coming for dinner. <br/><br/>Lilith's relationship with her selfie obsessed 14 - year - old daughter, her overweight son, her good husband who works long hours, her convenience friend Nikki, her mother - in - law Garland who has launched a successful career as a sculptor at 63, are all laid bare. <br/><br/>The Unknown Woman is a portrait of a woman who doesn't know who she is anymore and a portrait of modern life.