The Wildflowers

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'IadoredTheWildflowers.Asweeping,epic,movingread'MarianKeyes

RICHARDANDJUDYSUMMERBOOKCLUBPICK2018

ThenewnovelbySundayTimesbestsellerHarrietEvansisthePERFECTsummerholidayread.TurnthepageandfindyourselfinaDorsetbeachhouse,thesuninyoureyesandthesandbetweenyourtoes.ThisisthehomeofTonyandAltheaWilde-theRichardBurtonandElizabethTayloroftheirgenerationandwithamarriageeverybitasstormy.Agorgeous,epictaleoftangledfamilysecretsandliestokeepyoucompanyonyourownbeachtowel.

'Awonderful,engrossingnovel,fullofthemostvividcharactersandatrulymemorablesetting.Atriumph'SophieKinsella
'Shereelsyouinandthenyou'rehooked,righttothelastpage'PatriciaScanlan
'Atmosphericandaltogetherwonderful'LesleyPearse

'Iloveitonsomanylevels,theimmensefeelingofplace,theslow,irresistiblesenseofbeingdrawndeepintothefamilyanditsstory,andthestrangehoveringofmenacesomewhereintheidyll.Wonderful'PennyVincenzi
'HercharactersarefinelydrawnandasthestoryhopsbackandforthfromtheSecondWorldWartothepresentday,thereaderbecomesdeeplyimmersedinthischarismaticfamily'sfortunes.Theresultisthatrareandlovelything,anall-engagingandall-consumingdrama'DailyMail

TonyandAltheaWilde.Glamorous,argumentative...adulteroustothecore.
Theyweremyparents,actorsknownbyeveryone.Theygaveourlivesloveandcolourinahousebythesea-thehousethatshelteredmyorphanedfatherwhenhewasaboy.
ButthesummerMadsarrivedchangedeverything.Shetoohadbeenabandonedandmyfatherunderstoodwhy.WeWildflowerstookherin.
Myfatherwasmyhero,hegaveusagoldenchildhood,butthepastwasalwaysgoingtocatchupwithhim...itcomesforusall,soonerorlater.
Thisismystory.IamCordeliaWilde.Asingerwithoutavoice.Adaughterwithoutafather.Letmetakeyouinside.
HarrietEvansis'perfectforfansofJojoMoyesandMaeveBinchy'Best