Sheltering Rain by Jojo Moyes
On Coronation night the ex-pat community in Hong Kong gathers for a celebration party, and while they strain to listen to the wireless, twenty-one-year-old Joy falls in love at first sight. She is engaged within 24 hours, but will not see her fiance again for a year. In 1980 eighteen-year-old Kate's rebellion is to run away to from County Wexford with her illegitimate child. Fifteen years later Sabine leaves trendy Hackney to visit the grandparents she doesn't know, and finds that time in Wexford seems to have stood still. When Sabine, her mother and grandmother are brought together, not only a deeply buried family secret is discovered, but also some fundamental truths: about the conflict between love and duty, about women's choices, and about mothers and daughters.
"1 'A really really good bookOne of the best I have read for you. I could identify with so much... It had everything going for it. It was well written with well rounded characters and a very good story to boot! Marks: 9/10. I am almost tempted to give it a 10/10!' - a Sarah Broadhurst reader 2 'This is a remarkable first novel, rich and deep and full of wonderfully realized characters. Oh, these women!' - Anne Rivers Siddons 3 'Heartfelt and absorbing' - Christina Fotinelli, television producer, aged 27 4 'A lovely book to sink into after a day of children and wiping' - Kathy Williams, teacher and mum, aged 37 5 'Wonderfully captivating' - Jane Farrow, school secretary, age 49
Jojo Moyes was born in 1969 and was brought up in London. A journalist and writer, she was until recently arts and media correspondent of the Independent. She lives in East Anglia with her husband and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340819081 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340819081 |
| Title | Sheltering Rain |
| Author | Jojo Moyes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2002-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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