It All Started With You
- Author Debbie Howells
- Narrator Helen Phillips
- Publisher Boldwood Books
- Publish Date 23 June 2023
- Run Time 9 hours and 50 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Fiction: mashup, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, Narrative theme: health and illness, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Social issues.
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What to expect
A totally brilliant, escapist and uplifting book club pick from the Sunday Times bestseller Debbie Howells
I always thought I was going to be a girl who did something. I was going to run my own business and find fame and fortune! Fall in love…
But here I am. Still waiting for it all to happen, sitting on the floor, surrounded by lilies and roses, trying to do my best friend’s wedding flowers because – in her words – ‘how hard can it be, Frankie?’. The answer is actually ‘very hard’ but it’s not the only thing that’s tough right now. My boyfriend won’t commit, I barely have a job, and once again I have the hangover from hell…
What I don’t know is that life’s about to throw me a curveball. A new friend I will make with a beautiful, sad-eyed little boy who is so very tragically ill. I still don’t know about that heartbreak.
Even so, in this moment, I know that it’s time for some changes. Maybe it’s time to make my dreams come true? To try to become a marathon-running, healthy-living, wildly-in-love florist-to-the-stars!
Because I’m beginning to realise that you only get one chance at life. I don’t yet know how you change everything, all at once, but what I do know is it all starts with me…
It All Started With You will break your heart and put it back together again, perfect for fans of Cathy Kelly, Jill Mansell and Colleen Hoover.
Praise for Debbie Howells:
‘A powerful, emotional, and life-affirming story of love and hope’ Rachael Lucas
‘A warm, uplifting story about love and loss . . . but beware, you'll need a big box of tissues!’ Clare Swatman
'She paints with words and takes a scalpel to emotions’ Peter James
'Debbie Howells is a go to author for me, I don’t need to read the blurb, I just need to read the book as, in my experience, they are all fabulous' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review
'This is a truly lovely story, the kind that makes you feel warm inside' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review
'It’s a long time since a book has held me like this one has' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review
Previously published as Wildflowers by Debbie Howells.
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