Remember when you first left home?
Let one of the UK’s best loved authors take you on a journey back to the 1980s and 1990s. Heartfelt and emotional, this novel is an unforgettable story of growing up and learning to do the right thing – even when that’s the hardest thing to do.

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‘You really must read this book. A rare and phenomenal life affirming read.’ DINAH JEFFERIES author
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‘A beautifully moving portrait of youth, friendship and love.’ MIKE GAYLE author
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WHEN YOUR PAST MEETS YOUR PRESENT – WHAT DO YOU TAKE WITH YOU AND WHAT DO YOU LEAVE BEHIND?

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, Eadie Browne is a quirky kid with eccentric parents living in a small town where nothing much happens. Bullied at school, she muddles her way through the teenage years with best friends Celeste and Josh until University takes them their separate ways.

Choosing to study in the gritty city of Manchester in the north of England in 1987, Eadie experiences a novel freedom and it’s intoxicating. Swept along by all that’s on offer, she ignores danger and reality. But then, one night, her past comes hurtling back at her with ramifications that will last into her adult life.

Now, as the new millennium approaches, Eadie is thirty with a marriage in tatters, returning to the town of her birth for a
funeral she can’t quite comprehend. As she journeys from the North of England to the South, from the present to the past, she contemplates all that was then and all that is now – in this moving love letter to youth and friendship, to a time and a place.

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‘A skilfully written, captivating and uplifting story…I will be thinking about this beautiful book for some time to come’ @booksplantsetc
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‘I don’t think I’ve ever read a book which resonated with me quite as much’ @salboreads
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‘If there’s one book you need to read this year, it’s this one’ @bookbloggerjanine
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‘Each sentence is beautiful. To me this book was perfect’ @myhappybookshelf
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‘A triumph of a novel and Freya’s most assured writing to date’ @hook.me.a.book
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‘Incredibly insightful and wise, so raw and real and so deeply rooted in time and place…it was perfection’ @whatchrissiereadnext
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‘A funny, moving and heartwarming story that kept me totally captivate from start to finish…I loved every moment’ @kiki.reads.stuff
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‘A total tearjerker of a novel…the overwhelming feeling is one of kindbness and connection A beautiful story!’ @tillylovesbooks

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

For almost 30 years, bestselling and award-winning British author Freya North has won the hearts of readers in the UK and across Europe. Now Freya’s beautifully-written, powerful and emotional family dramas are available to readers in North America and Canada. If you enjoy Jojo Moyes, Anne Tyler, Ann Patchett and Jodi Picoult, you will adore Freya North.