But there,in the centre of the garden,with one end of the hammock my mother used to lie in still attached - it's strings like old and fraying spaghetti - stands the olive tree.
A magical house. A momentous summer. It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus,where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house,'Pandora',is left to her by her godfather,she returns to spend the summer there with her family. Yet,as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora,she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William,her husband,and Alex,her son. At the difficult age of thirteen,Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother,and growing up. And equally,desperate to learn the truth about his real father ...When,by chance,Helena meets her childhood sweetheart,a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past and present collide. Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same,once Pandora's secrets have been revealed ...Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781509824755Number of pages: 608Weight: 429 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 37 mm
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It will whisk you away to the glorious sunshine of Cyprus...refreshingly differentA dazzling contemporary novel...Brimming with the colour,atmosphere and sultry heat of beautiful Cyprus,this is a gripping story about family relationships across all generations,the ties that bind us with sometimes invisible cords and the complex nature of'family'in the modern world...Riley writes with both insight and empathy...a stunning tale of our times from a master storytellerA brilliant page-turner just soaked in glamour and romanceA masterclass in beautiful writing
Lucinda Riley
When times were hard Lucinda Riley always took refuge in her imagination. It was a trait which served her well; her Seven Sisters series is grandstanding fiction with an epic,cosmological gloss whilst her standalone novels possess an irresistible romantic sweep.
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