Author:Susan Sallis
Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will love this beautifully moving and evocative novel from multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis. Can one place and one woman really make a family whole?
'Love this book - I've read it several times' -- ***** Reader review
'Excellent story - true Susan Sallis' -- ***** Reader review
'A great read' -- ***** Reader review
'This book kept my interest up to the last page' -- ***** Reader review
'Captures the reader so thoroughly that you just cannot put it down' -- ***** Reader review
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ONE FAMILY, ONE PLACE AND THE WOMAN WHO HELD THEM TOGETHER...
Madge was four years old when she first saw the Cornish sea and fell in love with it, and it was there that her family grew and suffered and loved.
It was there she and her mother went to recover from a heartrending family tragedy; there she was forced reluctantly into marriage; there she fell into a wild and passionate wartime love.
And it was there she saw her children grow and love and cope with the secret legacies the years had left them, until finally they became more than just summer visitors.
Lily Baxter is a natural storyteller, weaving in just enough detail of the progress of the war to inform but not overwhelm the reader, and creating some wonderfully realistic secondary characters who help to bring the story to life. Her knowledge and love of Guernsey shines through this book as she examines the difficulties of an island under occupation.
—— Historical Novels ReviewThoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart
—— Dinah JefferiesAbsolutely impossible to put down
—— Tracy ReesA brilliant page-turner just soaked in glamour and romance
—— Daily MailAn absolutely fantastic storyteller
—— Katherine WebbBrilliant escapism
—— RedBreathtaking
—— Iona GreyAtmospheric, heart-rending and multi-layered
—— GraziaOne of the strongest authors in this genre . . . excellent historical detail, heart-wrenching romance, and an engaging mystery
—— The Historical Novel Society