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The Wildflowers

By: Harriet Evans
Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
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The new novel by Sunday Times best seller Harriet Evans will transport you to a Dorset beach house, where you can feel the sand between your toes. Enter the home of Tony and Althea Wilde - the Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor of their generation and with a marriage every bit as stormy. This glorious tale of tangled family secrets and lies will leave you warm and glowing.

Tony and Althea Wilde. Glamorous, argumentative...adulterous to the core.

They were my parents, actors known by everyone. They gave our lives love and colour in a house by the sea - the house that sheltered my orphaned father when he was a boy.

But the summer Mads arrived changed everything. She too had been abandoned and my father understood why. We Wildflowers took her in.

My father was my hero, he gave us a golden childhood, but the past was always going to catch up with him...it comes for us all, sooner or later.

This is my story. I am Cordelia Wilde. A singer without a voice. A daughter without a father. Let me take you inside.

©2018 Harriet Evans (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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"I adored The Wildflowers. A sweeping, epic, moving read." (Marian Keyes)
"Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Maeve Binchy." ( Best)

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Enjoyed this book immensely

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The characters did reach me and I enjoy stories where people travel to country like locations and time factors and situations

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Beautiful

I honestly loved this book. It's so touching and moving and makes you think. I can say though that I wouldn't want to be a member of this family; far too much drama going on but definitely makes for a good story. It's a sweet family adventure that I highly recommend. It definitely captivated me up until the very end.

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Great summer read

Good story which switches between times to reveal the secrets which have torn a family apart and ultimately bring them back together. Would be a good beach read!

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Engrossing and thoroughly enjoyable.

A wonderfully woven tale and beautiful narration. All the characters were excellently portrayed and the story spans several decades and was a joy to listen to.

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loved it !!

I was completely hooked on this book couldnt stop reading it.Loved every minute.first class .

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A delightful ‘read’

I was looking for a light summer book when I chose The Wildflowers & it turned out to be so much more. Multi layered, spanning decades between WW11 & 2015, & centred on a wooden beach house at the edge of the sea in Dorset. I thought it was extremely well researched with believable & well drawn characters with real poignancy but without mawkish sentiment! I am sorry it is finished & I will look for more of Harriet Evans books.

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Depressing book

This is one of the most depressing book ever!! If it could be negative about anything it is. I have so tried to finish it but I have given up it’s really making me feel fed up,
I would not recommend this book.
The narrator does an excellent job.

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Captivating

Absolutely loved the Wildflowers. Intriguing tale of love and loyalty through generations of family entanglement.

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Got better and better. Bitter sweet story

Good pace, interesting characters. Beautiful descriptions.
The story line got stronger as the book went on. More than a holiday read x

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Good story full of well drawn characters

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Although it is long the story held my attention and I really enjoyed listening to Lucy Paterson. If you like very well written stories about eccentric families, you’ll really enjoy this one. I am going to look for more by this author and narrator.

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