The Peacock Summer
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
'[a] beautifully written novel that brims with art, beauty, love, family, passion and secrets' - Books+Publishing
Two summers, decades apart. Two women whose lives are forever entwined. And a house that holds the secrets that could free them both.
At twenty-six, Lillian feels ancient and exhausted. Her marriage to Charles Oberon has not turned out the way she thought it would. To her it seems she is just another beautiful object captured within the walls of Cloudesley, her husband's Chilterns manor house. But, with a young step-son and a sister to care for, Lillian accepts there is no way out for her. Then Charles makes an arrangement with an enigmatic artist visiting their home and her world is turned on its head.
Maggie Oberon ran from the hurt and resentment she caused. Half a world away, in Australia, it was easier to forget, to pretend she didn't care. But when her grandmother, Lillian, falls ill she must head back to Cloudesley. Forced to face her past, she will learn that all she thought was real, all that she held so close, was never as it seemed.
An utterly compelling story of secrets, betrayals and the consequences of a long-ago summer from the internationally bestselling author of Secrets of the Tides and The Shadow Year.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Spanning five decades, this gorgeous and captivating tale is filled to the brim with art, family and passion. It unfolds in the Oberon mansion (which bears the romantic name Cloudesley), which was once a site for glam soirees but is now a crumbling wreck. While trying to save this faded beauty, Maggie Oberon discovers something that rekindles her grandmother’s memories of the summer of 1955. Hannah Richell’s third novel combines detailed descriptions of a bygone era and evocative characters.