Little, Brown Book Group Paperback English
Lullaby Beach
'A PORTRAIT OF SISTERHOOD ... POWERFUL, WISE, CELEBRATORY' Daily Mail
By Stella Duffy
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'Faultless storytelling . . . Wise, generous, atmospheric' Observer Growing up after the war in Westmere, an English seaside town, Kitty has been sheltered by her parents, but meeting Danny changes all of that. She decides to leave everyone and everything she knows to follow Danny to London, in pursuit of glamour and opportunity, and this sets in motion a series of events that will echo down the generations. Over fifty years later, when Kitty's body is found in her beach hut with a suicide note by her side, her great-niece will help to unravel all the secrets which the family has kept hidden over the decades. 'Explores familial legacy, generational secrets and the effects of long-lasting trauma with a distinct tenderness' New Statesman 'A portrait of sisterhood . . . powerful' Daily Mail 'A writer who never lets you down' Ali Smith
'Faultless storytelling . . . Wise, generous, atmospheric' Observer
Growing up after the war in Westmere, an English seaside town, Kitty has been sheltered by her parents, but meeting Danny changes all of that. She decides to leave everyone and everything she knows to follow Danny to London, in pursuit of glamour and opportunity, and this sets in motion a series of events that will echo down the generations. Over fifty years later, when Kitty's body is found in her beach hut with a suicide note by her side, her great-niece will help to unravel all the secrets which the family has kept hidden over the decades.
'Explores familial legacy, generational secrets and the effects of long-lasting trauma with a distinct tenderness' New Statesman
'A portrait of sisterhood . . . powerful' Daily Mail
'A writer who never lets you down' Ali Smith