Publisher's Synopsis
<b>From the million-copy <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller </b><b>comes a gripping and moving story about one woman's move to the house of her dreams. </b><br><br> Everyone has a dream of their perfect house - in the heart of the countryside, or perhaps a stately residence in the middle of a wonderful city?<br><br> For <b>Kate Hutchinson</b>, the move to Suffolk from the tiny, noisy London terrace she shares with her husband Simon and their two young children was almost enough to make her dreams come true.<br><br> Space, peace, a measured, rural pace of life have a far greater pull for Kate than the constantly overflowing in-tray on her desk at work. Moving in with her mother-in-law must surely be only a temporary measure before the estate agent's details of the perfect house fall through the letterbox.<br><br> But when Kate, out walking one evening, stumbles upon the house of her dreams, a beautiful place, full of memories, it is tantalizingly out of her reach. Its owner is the frail elderly <b>Agnes</b>, whose story - as it unravels - echoes so much of Kate's own. And Kate comes to realize how uncertain and unsettling even a life built on dreams can be - wherever you are, at whatever time you are living and whoever you are with.<br><br><b>Praise for Rachel Hore's novels:</b><br> ‘A tour de force. Rachel's Paris is rich, romantic, exotic and mysterious’ <b>JUDY FINNIGAN</b><br> ‘An elegiac tale of wartime love and secrets’ <i><b>Telegraph</b></i><br> ‘A richly emotional story, suspenseful and romantic, but unflinching in its portrayal of the dreadful reality and legacy of war’ Book of the Week, <i><b>Sunday Mirror</b></i><br> 'Pitched perfectly for a holiday read' <i><b>Guardian </b></i><br> 'Engrossing, pleasantly surprising and throughly readable' <b>SANTA MONTEFIORE</b><br> 'A beautifully written and magical novel about life, love and family' <b>CATHY KELLY</b>
