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The Book of Summers: The escapist Richard and Judy Bestseller about love, family and the power of memories
Emylia Hall
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Beth Lowe has been sent a parcel. Inside is a letter informing her that her long-estranged mother has died, and a scrapbook Beth has never seen before. Entitled THE BOOK OF SUMMERS, it's stuffed with photographs and mementos complied by her mother to record the seven glorious childhood summers Beth spent in rural Hungary.
It was a time when she trod the tightrope between separated parents and two very different countries; her bewitching but imperfect Hungarian mother and her gentle, reticent English father; the dazzling house of a Hungarian artist and an empty-feeling cottage in deepest Devon. And it was a time that came to the most brutal of ends the year Beth turned sixteen.
Since then, Beth hasn't allowed herself to think about those years of her childhood. But the arrival of THE BOOK OF SUMMERS brings the past tumbling back into the present; as vivid, painful and vital as ever.
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Praise for The Book of Summers: The escapist Richard and Judy Bestseller about love, family and the power of memories
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A charming debut novel - Woman's OwnA vivid coming-of-age story - Woman & HomeA compelling coming-of-age story with a superb twist - Easy LivingEmylia Hall creates an enchanting and vivid picture of Beth's summers in rural Hungary... It's an addictive read and an amazing debut for Emylia Hall - www.cosmopolitan.co.ukFab debut about a woman reliving the summers she spent in rural Hungary - HeatHeartfelt and evocative... all we need now is for summer to finally arrive - GraziaFantastically evocative and sun-drenched with a twist, it's guaranteed a place on our summer holiday reading list - www.stylist.co.ukEnchantingly evocative - Marie Claire
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