From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a compelling and engrossing story of hidden lives and secret pasts
London, present day: Emily Gordon has found her dream job, as an editor at a small publishing house. When the biography of a late great English novelist crosses her desk, she discovers, buried beneath the history, a story that simply has to be toldâŚ
London, 1948: Isabel Barber has barely arrived in the city when a chance meeting leads to a job offer, and a fascinating career beckons. But as she develops a close working relationship with a charismatic young debut novelist the professional soon becomes personal, and she finds herself fighting for her very survivalâŚ
Secrets from the past, unravelling in the present⌠Uncovering secrets that span generations, Rachel delivers intriguing, involving and emotive narrative reading group fiction like few other writers can.
Praise for Rachel Hore's novels:
'Compelling, engrossing and moving' SANTA MONTEFIORE
'Simply stunning . . . I savoured every momentâ DINAH JEFFERIES
'A story that stirs the deepest emotions' WOMAN & HOME
âAn emotive and thought-provoking readâ ROSANNA LEY
âHore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity. Her women are brave and good and you desperately want them to winâ DAILY MAIL
âA novel thatstirs the deepest emotionsâ WOMAN
âAn elegiac tale of wartime love and secretsâ TELEGRAPH
âA tender and thoughtful tale' SUNDAY MIRROR