A Winter Memory
by Lulu Taylor
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Pub Date 25 Nov 2021 | Archive Date 30 Nov 2021
Pan Macmillan | Pan
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Description
A house full of secrets lies at the heart of this absorbing family drama, perfect for the winter months, from Sunday Times top ten bestselling author Lulu Taylor.
Where is Sylla? Why will no one tell me where she is?
Helen is married to Angus, the younger of the Ballintyre brothers. They met as students and Helen fell in love, not just with Angus but with the romantic Ballintyre family and their beautiful house on the edge of a loch. But marriage to Angus has not proved happy.
Now, years later and with a family, Helen and Angus have been forced to move back to live at Ballintyre with his older brother, Charlie. Helen is surprised to find that Sylla, Charlie's wife, has disappeared and no one seems to know where she is. Helen is worried, not least because Charlie and Sylla lost their teenage daughter, Rose, only a year before. Surely someone should be looking for her...
Sylla Ballintyre has spent her life ministering to her husband Charlie, and coping with the presence of his overbearing mother, Josephine, until the tragedy of losing Rose drained her happiness away. When she stumbles on the path to freedom, she knows she must take it, whatever the cost.
As Helen struggles with the fallout of recent events and its effect on her life, Ballintyre House becomes the setting for revelations of love, obsession and betrayal that have resonated beyond the present and into the past, affecting the lives of all those who have called it home.
The Winter Memory is another rich and intriguing gothic novel from Lulu Taylor, author of A Midwinter Promise and The Winter Secret.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781529029680 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Aria H, Reviewer
Another great book from Lulu Taylor, it was rich with imagery, mystery and family drama. I was sucked in and it didnt let me go right until the end. I really enjoyed it.
Kathryn D, Reviewer
A beautifully told story with a dual timeline woven seamless into it, it takes you on a magical ride! I have loved all Lulu’s previous books and this one is no exception!
Rachel G, Reviewer
I have no idea where to start other than congratulating Lulu Taylor on another truly wonderful book. It was rather epic, and it took me a while to get to grips with the various timelines, but once I knew roughly what characters were where, I was hooked.
I needed to keep reading to see where the prologue fitted in, and just how the timelines fully interconnected. I needed to know like Helen, just where Sylla is, and ultimately what the truth is about so many different things.
We are also treated to Tig's story which is heart-breaking too about love that is seemingly impossible.
I loved the setting in Scotland, and of Ballintyre and two other key properties nearby. There is so much I would love to say but I fear I'd be spoiling things.
Rest assured this is Lulu Taylor at her best, incredibly descriptive and gripping writing, characters that feel real, and plenty of secrets to be unwrapped. There is a lot going on over the course of the book and given the time span it covers, which is clearly marked at the start of each chapter, along with which character we were hearing from, and it has great depth and so much going for it.
Simply superb writing.
Thank you to Pan and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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