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Before I Met You

A thrilling historical romance from the bestselling author

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London, 1920. Arlette works in Liberty by day, and by night is caughty up in a glamorous whirl of parties, clubs, cocktails and jazz. But when tragedy strikes she flees the city, never to return.

Over half a century later, in the grungy mid-'90s, her graddaughter Betty arrives in London.

She can't wait to begin her new life. But before she can do so, she must find the mysterious woman named in her grandmother's will.

What she doesn't know is that her search will uncover the heartbreaking secret that changed her grandmother's life, and might also change hers for ever...

© Lisa Jewell 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Fiction Historical Fiction England

Critic reviews

Beautiful, moving and unputdownable
Heartbreakingly good
Must read
Warm and moving with a nostalgic touch
Lisa Jewell just gets better and better
Enchanting, intriguing and completely unputdownable
All stars
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An enjoyable story but one narrator really over-egged her part horribly! I cringed at times.

Over-acted

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I have loved EVERY SINGLE one of her books!!!! The best author ever. She has a wonderful way of writing and excellent story lines.

Lisa Jewell is the best author

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If I hadn’t enjoyed the story so much, I would have returned this, due entirely to the hammy “overacting” of the Arlette narrator. Very, very irritating. If you can get past this, you’ll enjoy the book.

Wind your neck in Arlette narrator

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probably my favourite book so far by this author. loved it. highly recommended. a great read

absolutely amazing

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And so we’ll performed by both actors.

Really pulled you in to the hedonist post WWI era - you could feel and smell it all.

My only complaint was the pronunciation of Berwick Street! It’s - not Bur-wick but Ber-ick! This made me twitch every time I heard it! X

Beautiful story

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