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Her Previous Self - The Guernsey Novels, #8
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Résumé
Two women, living two hundred years apart but closer than sisters. Mary, miserable in her marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer and living in the newly-built family mansion in Georgian Guernsey. Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion. Lucy is haunted by Mary's continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time.
How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is forced to come to terms with Mary's grief as well as her own. The more enmeshed she becomes the more anxious Lucy is to discover the truth. Why is Mary still restless? What caused her mysterious disappearance two hundred years ago? And can Lucy move on from her own loss to find happiness again? Editorial Review'The haunting tale of two women, divided by time, yet with the power to set each other free..
A gripping read.' Nicola Pryce, Author of 'A Cornish Betrothal'.
How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is forced to come to terms with Mary's grief as well as her own. The more enmeshed she becomes the more anxious Lucy is to discover the truth. Why is Mary still restless? What caused her mysterious disappearance two hundred years ago? And can Lucy move on from her own loss to find happiness again? Editorial Review'The haunting tale of two women, divided by time, yet with the power to set each other free..
A gripping read.' Nicola Pryce, Author of 'A Cornish Betrothal'.
Fiche technique
- Date de parution : 02/08/2021
- Editeur : JL
- Collection : The Guernsey Novels
- ISBN : 8201459611
- EAN : 9798201459611
- Format : ePub
- Caractéristiques du format ePub
- Protection num. : pas de protection
À propos de l'auteur
Biographie de Anne Allen
Anne Allen was born in Rugby to a Welsh father and an English mother. As a result, she spent many summers with her Welsh grandparents in Anglesey and learned to love the sea. Now she is based in Devon to be near her daughter and two small grandchildren. Her restless spirit has meant many moves, the longest stay being in Guernsey for nearly fourteen years after falling in love with the island and the people.She contrived to leave one son behind to ensure a valid reason for frequent returns. Her younger son is based in London - ideal for city breaks ?By profession, Anne was a psychotherapist who long had a desire to write and Dangerous Waters, her first novel, was published in 2012. It was awarded Silver(Adult Fiction) in TheWishingShelfAwards 2012. Since then she has published five more books in The Guernsey Novels series; Finding Mother, Guernsey Retreat, The Family Divided, and Echoes of Time; winner of The Diamond Book Award 2017, a finalist in Readersfavorite awards and granted a ChillWithABookAward.
Book 6, The Betrayal, was published October 2017. To find out more about Anne visit her website - www.anneallen.co.ukYou can also find her on Twitter - @AnneAllen21
