Keisha is intelligent and gets into a good university and later a good law school. However, while Leah's family is rather stable, Keisha's family makes poor financial and family planning decisions. Natalie Blake, who was born Keisha and changes her name in university, comes from the same neighborhood as Leah.
The third part of the novel, "Host," follows Leah's best friend, Natalie Blake. On the Tube, Felix gives up his seat for a pregnant woman and later that evening, two armed men rob and shoot him dead. In his section, Felix buys a car, breaks up with his coke-addicted mistress, and makes plans to settle down with Grace, a woman who inspires him to be more positive and proactive about life. Felix is a former alcoholic and drug-user trying to get clean. The second part of the novel, "Guest," tells the story of Felix, a man living in the same neighborhood Leah and Keisha grew up. At the end of the novel, Michel finds Leah's pills and worries that his wife does not love him. She begins taking contraceptives without telling her husband so that she cannot get pregnant. However, unlike her husband, who pines for children, Leah does not want to have children. She eventually marries Michel, who hails from Guadeloupe and who proves to be a caring and loving husband. Leah has a doting mother, Pauline, and her best friend growing up is Keisha. The main character in the first part of the novel, "Visitation," is Leah Hanwell, a white Irish girl living in NW with her parents.
The story follows the lives of several characters who grew up in and live in the NW neighborhood of London.
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