The House on Bellevue Gardens: A heartwarming and captivating story from the million-copy bestselling author of The Hidden Years - Softcover

Hore, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471130797 ISBN 13: 9781471130793

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2016

Synopsis

Rosa has arrived in London from Poland to look for her younger brother Mikhail. He is supposed to be staying with their English father, but when she visits the house she finds it's locked up and there's no sign of either of them. She urgently needs work and somewhere to live while she continues her search, but what can she do and where can she go?

Stef is running away from her boyfriend Oliver and the claustrophobic life she's been living in his opulent flat. Frightened, friendless and far from her family, she needs somewhere to hide.

Rick is living in a limbo, a shy young man hiding from the world to write and draw and dream. How will he find fulfilment?

All three find refuge at 11 Belvue Gardens, the shabbiest house of a smart white-painted Georgian terrace in North London. Here, its owner Leonie herself once found sanctuary following a short career as a model in the sixties and a destructive marriage. Now, out of gratitude, she opens her house to others in need.

However, as she helps Stef and Rosa and Rick to find their way, Leonie finds that once again the very foundations of her own life and happiness are under threat.

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Review

‘Compelling, engrossing and moving; a perfect holiday indulgence’ (Santa Montefiore on The Silent Tide)

‘A tour de force. Rachel’s Paris is rich, romantic, exotic and mysterious’ (Judy Finnigan on A Week in Paris)

‘Engrossing and romantic, it’s a wonderful story of family secrets and the choices women make’ (Jane Thynne on The Silent Tide)

‘With a serious eye for exquisite detail, Hore’s latest, brilliantly crafted novel aptly follows a photographer, Lucy. She takes a journey to capture past, life-changing family secrets, embracing three generations along the way, across Cornwall, London East Anglia and Occupied France’ (Mirror on A Gathering Storm)

‘A fascinating, hugely readable book . . . Rachel Hore’s research and her mastery of the subject is deeply impressive’ (Judy Finnigan on A Place of Secrets)

‘Another of this year’s top offerings’ (Daily Mail on The Glass Painter's Daughter)

‘Pitched perfectly for a holiday read’ (Guardian on The Memory Garden)

‘A caring, compelling tale of 21st century life from a perceptive writer’ (Lancashire Evening Post on The House on Bellevue Gardens)

About the Author

Rachel Hore worked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, where she teaches publishing and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She is married to the writer D. J. Taylor and they have three sons. Her previous novels are The Dream House, The Memory Garden, The Glass Painter's Daughter, which was shortlisted for the 2010 Romantic Novel of the Year award, A Place of Secrets, which was picked by Richard and Judy for their book club, A Gathering Storm, which was shortlisted for the RONA Historical Novel of the Year 2012 and the latest bestseller, The Silent Tide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1471130797
• ISBN 13: 9781471130793
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464