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A Midwinter Promise
- Author
- Lulu Taylor
- Narrator
- Eilidh Beaton
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 28 November 2019
- Run Time
- 15 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
A Midwinter Promise by Sunday Times top ten bestselling author Lulu Taylor is a dramatic story of loss, grief and the legacy of secrets.
'Don’t you just want to grab this, switch off the phone and curl up on the sofa? Winter bliss from Lulu Taylor' – Veronica Henry, author of A Night on the Orient Express.
The past
A lonely and imaginative child, Julia loves her family’s beautiful and wild Cornish home with all her heart. But, marked by dark troubles, she enters her adult years determined to leave and seek a new beginning in London. It’s there she meets the handsome David. They fall in love but, when Julia becomes pregnant, even he can’t stop the terrible echoes of the past from ringing in her ears. The only sound to be heard above the noise is the old Cornish house, calling her home . . .
The present
For Julia’s adult children, Alex and Johnnie, the house hides the history of their family within its walls. For Alex, it is full of memories of her late mother. For Johnnie, it is the house – rightfully theirs after Julia's death – that was stolen. With their father now lying in a hospital bed, time is running out for Alex and Johnnie to uncover the secrets of what happened to their mother all those years ago. Can they discover the truth before the house closes its doors to them forever?
Critics Review
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Few people write big house Christmas sagas as well as Taylor. Her latest is among her best, featuring an old Cornish house, a dark secret and a family split apart
i's Books of the Year 2019
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Swapping between two timelines, and with some fabulous 80s nostalgia, this immersive tale handles issues such as mental illness and miscarriage with sensitivity. An engrossing read
Sunday Mirror
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This heartrending novel switches between the past and the present as Julia’s two grown-up kids seek to understand their mother’s torment
Daily Mirror
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Don’t you just want to grab this, switch off the phone and curl up on the sofa? Winter bliss from Lulu Taylor
Veronica Henry
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I raced through this gripping tale about secrets and lies and long-buried emotions bubbling explosively to the surface
Daily Mail on The Winter Children
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Beautifully written, emotionally compelling stories […] perfectly timed for Christmas
Daily Mail
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Interesting characters, well-researched detail and a dash of romance. Perfect for a winter’s eve
Sunday Mirror
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Fantastic, all-consuming
Heat
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Perfect for this time of year, author Lulu Taylor’s latest novel is set in the wilderness of Tawray, a house near the coast of Cornwall
Dorset Echo
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This story of family dynamics will grip you from beginning to end
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Details
- Author
- Lulu Taylor
- Narrator
- Eilidh Beaton
- Duration
- 15 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 November 2019
- ISBN
- 9781529029673
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Romantic suspense, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Psychological thriller, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
A Midwinter Promise by Sunday Times top ten bestselling author Lulu Taylor is a dramatic story of loss, grief and the legacy of secrets. 'Don’t you just want to grab this, switch off the phone and curl up on the sofa? Winter bliss from Lulu Taylor' – Veronica Henry, author of A Night on the Orient Express.The pastA lonely and imaginative child, Julia loves her family’s beautiful and wild Cornish home with all her heart. But, marked by dark troubles, she enters her adult years determined to leave and seek a new beginning in London. It’s there she meets the handsome David. They fall in love but, when Julia becomes pregnant, even he can’t stop the terrible echoes of the past from ringing in her ears. The only sound to be heard above the noise is the old Cornish house, calling her home . . .The presentFor Julia’s adult children, Alex and Johnnie, the house hides the history of their family within its walls. For Alex, it is full of memories of her late mother. For Johnnie, it is the house – rightfully theirs after Julia's death – that was stolen. With their father now lying in a hospital bed, time is running out for Alex and Johnnie to uncover the secrets of what happened to their mother all those years ago. Can they discover the truth before the house closes its doors to them forever?
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