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Secrets and memories collide in The Twilight Hour, the new novel
from bestselling author Nicci Gerrard. 'Be with me now, at the
twilight hour. When the light fails.' 'I'm here.' 'Tell me.' 'What
shall I tell you?' 'Tell me about us, when we were young. What was
it like? What was I like then?' Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely
independent existence for over ninety years, but now it's time to
tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a
lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But
amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. And,
nearing blindness, Eleanor needs help to uncover them before her
children and grandchildren do. Peter, a young man with a broken
heart who feels as lost as Eleanor's past, is employed to help with
this task. And together they uncover traces of another life - words
and photographs telling a story of forbidden love, betrayal,
passion, grief and self-sacrifice, which Eleanor must visit one
last time. By speaking her memories out loud, and releasing the
secrets of her past, Eleanor can finally lay them to rest. To
honour them at last, and protect those who must never know. Praise
for Nicci Gerrard: 'Beguiling, poignant, wonderful' Sunday Express
'Acutely observed and beautifully written' Woman and Home 'Subtle,
poignant and tremendously skilful' Observer Nicci Gerrard writes
for the Observer and is the co-author, with Sean French, of the
bestselling Nicci French thrillers. She lives in Suffolk with her
husband and four children. Her novels Things We Knew Were True,
Solace, The Moment You Were Gone, The Winter House and Missing
Persons are all published by Penguin and received rave reviews.
A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Immensely powerful . . . her investigation of this terrible
illness is sensitive and compelling' Sunday Times After her own
father's death from dementia, the writer and campaigner Nicci
Gerrard set out to explore the illness that now touches millions of
us, yet which we still struggle to speak about. What does dementia
mean, for those who live with it, and those who care for them? This
truthful, humane book is an attempt to understand. It is filled
with stories, both moving and optimistic: from those living with
dementia to those planning the end of life, from the scientists
unlocking the mysteries of the brain to the therapists using art
and music to enrich the lives of sufferers, from the campaigners
battling for greater compassion in care to the families trying to
make sense of this 'incomprehensible de-creation of the self'.
The moving, life-affirming and poignant story of friendship, love
and loss, for fans of Victoria Hislop and Joanna Trollope. One
phone call can change everything . . . Marnie's life is turned
upside down when a sudden phone call summons her back to the
Scottish Highlands, and to the past she has tried to escape. Ralph,
Marnie and Oliver were once so close, but it's been years since
they were all together. But now Ralph is ill, and so they all meet
again to spend the precious days that he has left with each other.
And as they reminisce, Marnie is taken back to the summer years ago
when everything changed between them and heartbreak and desire
broke up their group. Will Ralph have the chance to say what needs
to be said before it's too late? And can they put the devastating
events of twenty years ago to rest and rekindle the intimacy they
once shared? ____________ 'This book made me feel so many
emotions!' 5***** Reader Review 'Such fabulous writing kept me
reading eagerly to the end and even shedding a few tears' 5*****
Reader Review 'I absolutely loved this story and didn't want it to
end' 5***** Reader Review
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