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  • By: Fern Britton
  • Narrated by: Laura Kirman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (190 ratings)

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By: Fern Britton
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Summary

Cornwall is only a page away in this gorgeous, heartwarming novel – a wonderful read for the summer holidays!

She arrived in the village on the spring tide and hoped to be at the heart of it, knowing its secrets and weathering its storms.

It was to be a new beginning…

It’s springtime in the Cornish village of Pendruggan and as the community comes together to say a fond farewell to parish vicar, Simon, and his wife, Penny, a newcomer causes quite a stir…

Reverand Angela Whitehorn came to Cornwall to make a difference. With her husband, Robert, by her side, she sets about making changes – but it seems not everyone is happy for her to shake things up in the small parish, and soon Angela starts to receive anonymous poison pen letters.

Angela has always been one to fight back, and she has already brought a fresh wind into the village, supporting her female parishioners through good times and bad. But as the letters get increasingly more personal, Angela learns that the secrets are closer to home.

With faith and friends by your side, even the most unlikely of new beginnings is possible.

©2019 Fern Britton (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Incredibly atmospheric." (Sun)

"A heartfelt novel about family secrets and atonement." (Woman & Home)

"A book to truly lose yourself in." (Sunday Times best seller Milly Johnson)

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Another hit

Loved it, the consistency of the characters throughout the series of books is great. Roll on the next one.

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good read

a gentle but good read with believable charactets and a little twistt or too in between

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Enjoyed another good book by Fern Britton

I recently started to purchasing Fern Britton Audio books I’ve enjoyed everyone … starting to worry the rate I’m getting through them I’m going to run out of her novels 🤣

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Loved it!

An easy read, full of fun characters with tales to tell. Enjoyed this book way more than expected.

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narrator was amazing

the book is brillant the narration just all if it . Queenie was amazing as was mammy!

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first class

Was a brilliant listen loved every minute of it was a joy to listen too

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Excellent read

Good plot with little surprises along the way! The sad ending bought a tear to my eyes!

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nice read

Good audio, didn't see it coming at all, nicely written, easy to follow with not too many people in the story to cause confusion

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Absolutely loved it!

I have never listened to a Fern Britton book before and wasn’t sure what to expect (I have to confess that I only bought it because it was on sale) but it was BRILLIANT! Great story, great characters and a brilliant narrator. I got completely lost in it and didn’t want it to end. I’ll definitely be spending my next credit on another of her books. Well done Fern!

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Good listen

First time I have read or listened to Fern Britton books, this was a very good story really enjoyed everything about it and the narrator was easy to listen to

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