What Tomorrow Brings

Nov 6, 2024 9:55 PM

Author:Mary Fitzgerald,Penelope Freeman

August 1937

Seffy Blake falls in love with Amyas Troy from the moment she sees him on a Cornish beach. But when he disappears, she is forced to face the consequences of their affair alone.

In London, Seffy makes a new life for herself working as an assistant to journalist Charlie Bradford, and as Europe hurtles towards war, it is Charlie who sees her through her darkest times.

But when Amyas reappears in her life, Seffy must decide whether to follow her heart, or accept her genuine love for Charlie and keep what remains of her family safe from the terrifying consequences of war.

Reviews

Full of characters the reader will care about . . . a heartwarming story filled with compelling action

—— Rosie Goodwin, bestselling author of Home Front Girls

Fascinating and gripping - a wonderful novel

—— Rosamund Lupton, author of Sister

Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story - a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men and women

—— Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress

Honour is a powerful tale of family connection and heartbreak, offering us insight and delight in equal measure . . . an exquisite and deep rendering of the fullness of life.

—— Aurelie Sheehan, author of The Anxiety of Everyday Objects

[Elif Shafak] joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, Aamer Hussein, Andrea Levy, Hanan al-Shakyh and Leila Aboulela, who offer us fictional glimpses of London's Others

—— The Independent

An honour killing is at the centre of this stunning novel . . . Exotic, evocative and utterly gripping

—— The Times

Lushly and memorably magic-realist . . . This is an extraordinarily skilfully crafted and ambitious narrative

—— The Independent

Shafak treats an important, absorbing subject in a fast-paced, internationally familiar style that will make it accessible to a wide readership

—— Sunday Times

Compelling

—— Mariella Frostrup

A pulsating saga delivered with the sweep and power of a Norse war axe

—— TIM SEVERIN

I loved this. It’s for people who like their historical fiction high-octane . . .a superb, brutal story that pulls no punches

—— ROBERT FABBRI

Glorious . . . one of the finest historical novels of the year

—— FOR WINTER NIGHTS

Brilliant prose, vivid descriptions and compelling characters . . . a must read. If you are a fan of the series, The Vikings, then this book is for you

—— HISTORICAL NOVEL REVIEW

Compelling, affecting, intelligent and surprising… Bold and striking… Worked out with precision and gracefulness… Ambitious and eloquent, and in forgoing exoticism captures genuine humanity

—— Stuart Kelly , Scotland on Sunday

The Lives of Others is searing, savage and deeply moving: an unforgettably vivid picture of a time of turmoil.

—— Amitav Ghosh (www.amitavghosh.com/blog)

The writing’s assured, considered and lucid, the author’s observations of character wry and acute. He has a real talent for revealing people’s true intentions and why they act the way they do

—— Jessica Croome , Curious Animal Magazine

Mukherjee creates a believable world where the jealousies and rivalries of one family are representative of the country

—— Good Book Guide

Memorably vivid and moving

—— Christie Hickman , Sunday Express

A powerful generational story of the chasm between the haves and have-nots

—— Independent

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