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Sheltering Rain

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781848947504

Price: £8.99

ON SALE: 26th May 2016

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Romance

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**From the bestselling author of The Last Letter from Your Lover, now a major motion picture**

The captivating debut novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You Still Me and The Giver of Stars.

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‘Page-turning . . . Be sure that your bookmark is a hankie.’ – Elle

When twenty-one year old Joy meets handsome naval officer Edward at an ex-pat party in 1950s Hong Kong, the last thing she expects is to fall in love. Quickly wedded, she leaves to travel the world with her new husband. But she soon discovers that married life isn’t all that it seems . . .

In 1980, Joy’s young daughter Kate mysteriously flees the family home. Fifteen years later, Kate’s own daughter Sabine leaves London in search of grandparents she has never known. When the family is finally reunited, hidden tensions come to the surface, uncovering a dark secret which has been deeply buried for years . . .

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‘An enjoyable read’ – Sunday Express

‘An emotional roller-coaster’ – Company

‘Beautiful and very moving’ – Lesley Pearse

‘Rich and deep and full of wonderfully realised characters’ – Anne Rivers Siddons

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Reviews

I enjoyed this novel very much
Rosamunde Pilcher
A very beautiful and very moving story
Lesley Pearse
The characters are strong, believable and endearing - and will evoke recognition and sympathy from all ages . . . An enjoyable read - and a promising debut novel
<i>Sunday Express
Perceptive debut novel . . . Be sure that your bookmark is a hankie
<i>Elle
An emotional roller-coaster of a read
<i>Company
Wonderful full-blooded traditional storytelling, but with a fresh slant
Sarah Harrison