A place to call home

Title:

Personal Author:

Matthews, Carole author

Publication Information:

London : Sphere, 2014.

Physical Description:

432 pages ; 20 cm

ISBN:

9780751552188

Abstract:

In the dead of night, Ayesha takes her daughter, Sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving behind a life full of pain. Boarding a coach to London, all Ayesha wants is a fresh start. Hayden, a former popstar, has kept himself hidden away for years. He's only opened up his home to two people - Crystal, a professional dancer with a heart of gold, and Joy, an ill-tempered retiree with a soft spot for waifs and strays. When Crystal asks Hayden if Ayesha and Sabina can stay with them, he reluctantly agrees and, as different as they may be, they quickly form an unlikely bond. So when enemies threaten their peaceful home, they will do all they can to save it and each other. Uplifting and emotional, this is a novel of new beginnings, of discovering love and of finding A Place to Call Home.

Subject Term:

Mothers and daughters -- Fiction

Singers -- Fiction

Life change events -- Fiction

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Summary

An uplifting, emotional story about new beginnings and finding love, from the Sunday Times bestseller

In the dead of night, Ayesha takes her daughter, Sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving behind a life full of pain. Boarding a coach to London, all Ayesha wants is a fresh start.

Hayden, a former popstar, has kept himself hidden away for years. He's only opened up his home to two people - Crystal, a professional dancer with a heart of gold, and Joy, an ill-tempered retiree with a soft spot for waifs and strays.

When Crystal asks Hayden if Ayesha and Sabina can stay with them, he reluctantly agrees and, as different as they may be, they quickly form an unlikely bond. So when enemies threaten their peaceful home, they will do all they can to save it and each other.

Your favourite authors love Carole Matthews:

'A gorgeous novel that will delight'
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'Fun, fantastic and brimming with Matthews magic'
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'A life-affirming story full of joy and hope'
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'An irresistibly warm-hearted story'
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'Warm, witty and hopeful - I was charmed'
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'The queen of funny, feel good fiction'
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Author Notes

Carole Matthews is a British romantic comedy writer, born in St. Helens, Merseyside. She attended Champneys College. She has worked as a secretary, ice-cream lady, television presenter, beauty therapist, and freelance writer. She is the author of 29 books, with five becoming bestsellers on the Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her novel, A Compromising Position, was adapted into a film. Let's Meet on Platform 8 was her first novel. Her later work includes A Place to Call Home, The Christmas Party, The Cake Shop in the Garden, The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas, The Chocolate Lovers' Wedding, and Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses. In 2015, she was awarded the Romantic Novelists' Association Outstanding Achievement Award.

(Bowker Author Biography)