A gripping book club novel about forbidden love, friendship and family secrets in a time of war. Perfect for fans ofThe Letterby Kathryn Hughes,The Notebookby Nicholas Sparks andThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. What if keeping your loved ones safe meant never seeing them again? Canada, present day When Marthas beloved father dies, he leaves her two things a mysterious stash of letters to an English woman called Catkins and directions to a beach hut in the English seaside town of WellsNextTheSea. Martha is at a painful crossroads in her own life, and seizes this chance for a trip to England to discover more about her familys past, and the identity of her fathers secret correspondent. Norfolk, 1940 Sylvias husband Howard has gone off to war, and she is struggling to raise her two children alone. Her only solace is her beach hut in Wells, and her friendship with Connie, a woman she meets on the beach. The two women form a bond that will last a lifetime, and Sylvia tells Connie something that noone else knows about a secret lover and a child. But the tragedy of war brings heartbreaking choices. And a promise made between the two women will echo down the years, and could change everything for Martha

Binding: Paperback;322 pages; Publisher: StoryFire Ltd; Classification: N/A; Weight: 437.51 g; Dimensions: N/A

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