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The Treasures

The sweeping new story of family, love and secrets from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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The Treasures

By: Harriet Evans
Narrated by: Emily Barber
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Every family’s story starts somewhere.
Alice and Tom’s begins here.

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Alice Jansen collects her treasures – the keepsakes, figurines and mementoes that help her make sense of her fragile family. But the next day her heart is broken, and the final treasure, a gift from her father, is lost. Two years later, Alice answers a phone call from a stranger and runs away to New York, and tries to forget her last golden summer at the orchard on the banks of the Hudson.

Tom Raven can’t understand why he keeps losing so many of the things and people that really matter to him, but he knows for certain that something important is missing from his life. One day, he remembers a forgotten letter and makes a phone call, then leaves Sevenstones, the only place that feels like home, for a strange city…

Harriet Evans’s gorgeous new novel is the unputdownable story of Alice, Tom, and Sevenstones. Of a family and a house over fifty years and three generations, of their beginning and their ending, and of finding the treasures that symbolise the most important memories in our lives.

© Harriet Evans 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 20th Century Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt

Critic reviews

Magnificent. It has that vast sweeping sense of a huge story and such a powerfully compelling world. I enjoyed it so much (Marian Keyes)
Evans’ characters are built to love and root for. I can’t wait for the next instalment in this brilliant new series. (Emma Stonex)
A novel that pulls you in from the very first page and doesn't let go until the last (Lucy Diamond)
The very definition of escape. (Veronica Henry)
Filled with intricate detail, this book will entrance and move you. Harriet Evans is a master storyteller. (Katie Fforde)
Beautiful, tender and utterly timeless, The Treasures is an instant classic (Lindsey Kelk)
Immersive, captivating, utterly transporting...reading Harriet Evans is like coming home (Stacey Hall)
Poignant and lovely. Harriet has a wonderful gift of keeping you a willing captive in her stories (Milly Johnson)
A pure delight from start to finish...you'll be longing for the next book
In the first of a trilogy, Evans sets the stage for an old-fashioned family saga, full of dramatic revelations and tragic romance. Themes of intergenerational trauma and chosen family are intertwined throughout, and Evans writes with a thoughtful sensitivity towards her characters and their experiences.
All stars
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Loved the main characters, the timeline and the fact that it is book one and there are more to come

Must read - can’t wait for Book 2!

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I enjoyed the vividness of all the characters in The Treasures. The centrepiece of the house and it's history was fascinating and I am delighted that this is the first on a trilogy, I hope Harriet Evans is writing them quickly because I can't wait to read what happens next.
I loved the trans Atlantic narrative and the historical references, it really brought to life the vibrancy of what history has told us about that time. If you like Kate Morton books, then you'd enjoy this too.

Beautiful characters

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