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'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 . . .divine' Prima 'Beautifully written - astute and funny' Daily Express'This book really shines . . .laugh-out-loud funny' Stylist'A tender tale'Woman & Home'Absorbing, tender and heartfelt' Mike Gayle, author of The Man I Think I Know'Her best novel yet' Hannah Beckerman, author of If Only I Could Tell You'Exuberant and full of zest' Nina Pottell The new novel from Ruth Hogan, the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes - an uplifting novel of mothers and daughters, families and secrets and the astonishing power of friendship. Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. 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 - staff and guests alike. 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. Many years later, Tilda has grown into an independent woman still damaged by her mother's unaccountable cruelty.Wary of people, her only friend is her dog, Eli. But when her mother dies, Tilda goes back 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 ... their story can be complicated ...but it can also turn out to have a happy ending.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel
• Author: Ruth Hogan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9781473669055
• ISBN: 9781473669055
• ID: 20237994
• Publisher: John Murray Press
• Weight: 420 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 164 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. February 2019

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