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Finding Belle
- Author
- Reeta Chakrabarti
- Narrator
- Dinita Gohil
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 8 May 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable' Rose Tremain
‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar
What will it take to uncover her past?A lost child.
When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly disconnected from the world.
A displaced mother.
Belle came to England upon her marriage, a whirlwind romance from the beaches of Mombasa to the English suburbs. But far from friends and family, her life and love affair began to crumble.
A family secret.
As Mivvi grows up in the shadow of her mother's illnesses and her father's absences, she must reconnect the pieces that her mother scattered. Can she uncover the secrets clouding their past – and in doing so rewrite her own story?
Travelling from the beaches of Mombasa to the suburbs of England and then on to the teeming streets of Kolkata, a powerful story of mothers and daughters, betrayal and madness and a child who must forge her own identity.
Critics Review
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‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar, The Day of the Roaring
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‘[A] moving tale of love, loss and identity… a compelling novel about family secrets and the search for belonging’ Woman’s Weekly
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‘A tender story of family, secrets, betrayal and identity’ The i Paper
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‘A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable’ Rose Tremain, Absolutely and Forever
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‘A portrait of confusion and divided loyalties … deeply moving’ Bee Rowlatt, One Woman Crime Wave
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Details
- Author
- Reeta Chakrabarti
- Narrator
- Dinita Gohil
- Duration
- 8 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 May 2025
- ISBN
- 9780008553081
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
*Chosen by Her Majesty as part of The Queen's Reading Room 2026* 'A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable' Rose Tremain ‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar What will it take to uncover her past? A lost child. When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly disconnected from the world. A displaced mother. Belle came to England upon her marriage, a whirlwind romance from the beaches of Mombasa to the English suburbs. But far from friends and family, her life and love affair began to crumble. A family secret. As Mivvi grows up in the shadow of her mother's illnesses and her father's absences, she must reconnect the pieces that her mother scattered. Can she uncover the secrets clouding their past – and in doing so rewrite her own story? Travelling from the beaches of Mombasa to the suburbs of England and then on to the teeming streets of Kolkata, a powerful story of mothers and daughters, betrayal and madness and a child who must forge her own identity.
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