
But there, in the centre of the garden, with one end of the hammock my mother used to lie in still attached - it's strings like old and fraying spaghetti - stands the olive tree.
A magical house. A momentous summer.
It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, 'Pandora', is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family.
Yet, as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora, she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William, her husband, and Alex, her son.
At the difficult age of thirteen, Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother, and growing up. And equally, desperate to learn the truth about his real father ...
When, by chance, Helena meets her childhood sweetheart, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past and present collide. Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same, once Pandora's secrets have been revealed ...
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509824755
Number of pages: 608
Weight: 429 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 37 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
It will whisk you away to the glorious sunshine of Cyprus . . . refreshingly different -- Veronica Henry * Daily Express *
A dazzling contemporary novel . . . Brimming with the colour, atmosphere and sultry heat of beautiful Cyprus, this is a gripping story about family relationships across all generations, the ties that bind us with sometimes invisible cords and the complex nature of 'family' in the modern world . . . Riley writes with both insight and empathy . . . a stunning tale of our times from a master storyteller * Lancashire Evening Post *
A brilliant page-turner just soaked in glamour and romance -- Daily Mail, on The Seven Sisters
A masterclass in beautiful writing -- The Sun, on The Sun Sister
A dazzling contemporary novel . . . Brimming with the colour, atmosphere and sultry heat of beautiful Cyprus, this is a gripping story about family relationships across all generations, the ties that bind us with sometimes invisible cords and the complex nature of 'family' in the modern world . . . Riley writes with both insight and empathy . . . a stunning tale of our times from a master storyteller * Lancashire Evening Post *
A brilliant page-turner just soaked in glamour and romance -- Daily Mail, on The Seven Sisters
A masterclass in beautiful writing -- The Sun, on The Sun Sister
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