The Peacock Emporium - Softcover

Moyes, Jojo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340752041 ISBN 13: 9780340752043

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks, 2005

Synopsis

In the Sixties, Athene Forster is the most glamorous girl of her generation. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she is also beautiful, spoilt and out of control. When she agrees to marry dashing young heir Douglas Fairley-Hulme her parents breathe a sigh of relief. But within two years rumours have begun to circulate about Athene's affair with a young salesman.

Thirty five years on, Suzanna Peacock is struggling with her glamorous mother's legacy. The only place she finds comfort is in her shop, The Peacock Emporium, a coffee shop-cum-curio store, decorated in her own image, which provides a haven for other misfits in the town. There she makes perhaps the first real friends of her life, including Alejandro, a male midwife, escaping his own ghosts in Argentina.

But the spectre of Athene and the shop itself combine to set in place a chain of tragic events, forcing Suzanna to confront the feelings she has disguised for so long - and her family, in their varying ways, finally to deal with the events of the past. And Suzanna discovers the key to her history, and her happiness, may have been in front of her all along.

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Review

'A complex, feel-good read' - EVE

'If you liked CHOCOLAT by Joanne Harris, you'll love FOREIGN FRUIT by Jojo Moyes . . . blissful, romantic reading' - Company

'A charming and enchanting read' - Company

A worthy successor to Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher (Publishers Weekly)

'A rich chocolate box of a novel' - WOMAN AND HOME

Even if the sun isn't shining, this book will make you feel like it is (Good Housekeeping on FOREIGN FRUIT)

'Entertaining' - Image Magazine, Dublin

A charming and enchanting read (Company)

'It says a lot for the author's storytelling powers that this classy family drama had me utterly engrossed, deeply involved with the characters and caring madly about their fate.' - Australian Woman's Weekly

'A captivating read' - OK

From the Publisher

If you want a delicious novel that will completely transport you to a different world, and allow you to forget your own worries for a little while, The Peacock Emporium is the book for you.

Jojo Moyes has just won the RNA Award for the Best Novel of 2003 with Foreign Fruit, and this new novel confirms her to be one of the new stars on the fiction stage. She is a wonderful writer, with characters who are so real they leap off the page, and a real gift for making you care about the worlds she creates. If you enjoy writers like Joanne Harris, Maeve Binchy or Rosamunde Pilcher, you'll love Jojo Moyes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0340752041
• ISBN 13: 9780340752043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464