From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things comes an uplifting novel of mothers and daughters, families and secrets and the astonishing power of friendship.\'As lovely as a burst of bright bluebells\' Sunday Express \'Technicolour\' Daily Mail\'A moving exploration of the complex relationship between mothers and daughters\' Observer\'A poignant tale of love and family\' Good Housekeeping\'Enchanting . but it can also turn out to have a happy ending.. their story can be complicated ...
But when her mother dies, Tilda returns to Brighton and with the help of her beloved Queenie sets about unravelling the mystery of her exile from The Paradise Hotel, only to discover that her mother was not the woman she thought she knew at all ...
Mothers and daughters ...
Wary of people, her only friend is her dog, Eli.
But Tilly\'s childhood was shattered when her mother sent her away from the only home she\'d ever loved to boarding school with little explanation and no warning.
Now an adult, Tilda has grown into an independent woman still damaged by her mother\'s unaccountable cruelty.
She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved living in Brighton in Queenie Malone\'s magnificent Paradise Hotel with its endearing and loving family of misfits. laugh-out-loud funny\' StylistTilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. . . divine\' Prima \'Beautifully written - astute and funny\' Daily Express\'This book really shines . . .
From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things comes an uplifting novel of mothers and daughters, families and secrets and the astonishing power of friendship.\'As lovely as a burst of bright bluebells\' Sunday Express \'Technicolour\' Daily Mail\'A moving exploration of the complex relationship between mothers and daughters\' Observer\'A poignant tale of love and family\' Good Housekeeping\'Enchanting
