An early work from the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars , Jojo Moyes, the story of a young woman who opens an eclectic shop and comes to terms with the secrets of her past.
But only by confronting both her family and her innermost self will she finally reckon with the past--and discover that the key to her history, and her happiness, may have been in front of her all along..
The specter of her mother still haunts Suzanna.
There she makes perhaps the first real friends of her life, including Alejandro, a male midwife, escaping his own ghosts in Argentina.
The only place Suzanna finds comfort is in The Peacock Emporium, the beautiful coffee bar and shop she opens that soon enchants her little town.
Thirty-five years later, Suzanna Peacock is struggling with her notorious mother\'s legacy.
But within two years, rumors had begun to circulate about Athene\'s affair with a young salesman.
When she agreed to marry the gorgeous young heir Douglas Fairley-Hulme, her parents breathed a sigh of relief.
Nicknamed the Last Deb, she was also beautiful, spoiled, and out of control.
In the sixties, Athene Forster was the most glamorous girl of her generation.
An early work from the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars , Jojo Moyes, the story of a young woman who opens an eclectic shop and comes to terms with the secrets of her past
