Emylia Hall – författare

Escape to the picturesque Devon countryside and rural Hungary with Emylia Hall, the author of The Shell House Detectives, in this enchanting coming-of-age story. Real readers adore this Richard and Judy Book Club Pick:⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Beautifully evocative''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''In parts wildly exotic; in parts quietly wistful''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Completely enthralled''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.⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''I found myself sticking page markers all over the place so I could re-experience the most poetic bits, of which there are many''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''What a glorious read'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''A coming-of-age tale with a devastating twist; richly drawn characters bursting from the page and an utterly gripping plot - I was hooked from page one''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''I was swept up in the imagery of the Hungarian summers''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Poignant and engaging''

A snow-filled paradise is the scene for A Heart Bent Out of Shape from Emylia Hall, author of the Richard and Judy book club pick The Book of Summers. Readers of Patrick Gale and Esther Freud will adore this moving and evocative story of a first love, a terrible tragedy and a year that will never be forgotten.For Hadley Dunn, life so far has been uneventful - no great loves, no searing losses. But that''s before she decides to spend a year studying in the glittering Swiss city of Lausanne, a place that feels alive with promise. Here Hadley meets Kristina, a beautiful but elusive Danish girl, and the two quickly form the strongest of bonds. Yet one November night, as the first snows of winter arrive, tragedy strikes. Hadley, left reeling and guilt-stricken, beings to lean on the only other person to whom she feels close, her American Literature professor Joel Wilson. But as the pair try to uncover the truth of what happened that night, their tentative friendship heads into forbidden territory. And before long a line is irrevocably crossed, everything changes, and two already complicated lives take an even more dangerous course...

From the author of the Richard and Judy bookclub pick The Book of Summers comes a captivating, moving novel of love and family which will sweep you away to the beautiful coast of Cornwall.

In a remote Cornish cove, on one of the last days of summer, Robyn Swinton is drowning. She is saved - just - by local boy Jago Winters, and it is a moment that will change both of them forever.

Over the next seven years, Robyn and Jago''s paths lead them in different directions, to city streets and foreign shores. Will the bond forged that day Jago dragged Robyn in from the sea be strong enough to bring them back to one another, or has life already pulled them too far apart?

From the author of The Shell House Detectives comes a Fearne Cotton''s Happy Place Book Club Pick set in idyllic Italy, for fans of Georgina Moore''s The Garnett Girls.''I loved this book. Such gorgeous, delicate writing'' - Kate Riordan''A gloriously intoxicating fairytale - sweet, sensual and sun-drenched. You won''t want to leave!'' - Veronica Henry''''A real beautiful form of escapism'' - Fearne CottonWhen Kit loses her mother in tragic circumstances, she feels drawn to finally connect with the father she has never met. That search brings her to the Thousand Lights Hotel, the perfect holiday escape perched upon a cliff on the island of Elba. Within this idyllic setting a devastating truth is brought to light: shaking the foundations upon which the hotel is built, and shattering the lives of the people within it.A heart-breaking story of loss, betrayal, and redemption, told with all the warmth and beauty of an Italian summer.

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