Longlisted for the 2007 Romantic Novel of the Year Award. The winner will be announced at the end of April 2007. A truly wonderful tale of friendship and love unexpectedly found. Within it is the story of a past unravelled through diaries, of hardship, tragedy and illegitimacy and throughout all of it are sub-plots, great characters, much incident, all in all a magnificent, full-blooded novel to curl up and lose yourself in. You’ve got to read it.
From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes an enchanting story about one woman's move to the house of her dreams. ‘Tender and funny, warm and wise, the story of one woman’s search for the perfect life which isn’t quite where she thought she would find it’ Cathy Kelly ‘Warm, very true to life and totally engrossing’ Jenny Colgan Everyone has a dream of their perfect house in a perfect setting. When Kate Hutchinson and her family move from London to the peace and quiet of the Suffolk countryside, Kate is full of hope. Staying with her mother-in-law must surely be temporary before they find a wonderful home of their own. Then Kate stumbles upon the house of her dreams, a beautiful place, full of memories, but tantalisingly out of reach. Its owner is Agnes, elderly and frail, whose story – as it unravels – echoes uncannily Kate’s own. Soon Kate comes to realise how uncertain and unsettling even a life built on dreams can be… Praise for Rachel Hore's novels: ‘A tour de force. Rachel's Paris is rich, romantic, exotic and mysterious’ JUDY FINNIGAN ‘An elegiac tale of wartime love and secrets’ Telegraph ‘A richly emotional story, suspenseful and romantic, but unflinching in its portrayal of the dreadful reality and legacy of war’ Book of the Week, Sunday Mirror 'Pitched perfectly for a holiday read' Guardian 'Engrossing, pleasantly surprising and throughly readable' SANTA MONTEFIORE 'A beautifully written and magical novel about life, love and family' CATHY KELLY
