Searching for Mr Yesterday: The past can’t be left behind
by Sarah Rayner
Genres
Publication date
- January 5, 2023
***** ‘WOW! A NOVEL FEATURING ALL MY FAVOURITE TRACKS, BRILLIANT ON AUDIO’ ― P D VINER
‘EVOKING ORDINARY LIVES INVADED BY A DEEP YEARNING… CAREFULLY CRAFTED AND EMPATHETIC‘ ― SUNDAY TIMES (UK)
Suzy Hope is adrift. She’s divorced, living hand to mouth and hasn’t been on a date in eons. When, on the morning of her mother’s funeral, a letter lands on her doormat, she recognizes the writing at once. It’s from Johnny, her childhood sweetheart. Enclosed is a CD, a compilation from the ’70s and ’80s. Suzy longs to listen, but then the hearse arrives.
After the wake is over, Suzy is returning dishes she’s borrowed when BAM! she is knocked down by a car speeding down the country lane. She wakes in hospital, disorientated. Why can hear music and friends laughing, feel freezing water, on her skin? An eerie silence, then the screams begin… She has been badly concussed, but she is terrified.
Her son, Cam, and best friend, Debs, are mystified. To fill in the blanks, Suzy goes online and soon is reliving her past―meeting Glenn the biker who led her a merry dance, seeing Zelda, the friend turned lover who showed her the power of political activism, and yearning again for Nate, the golden boy who shared her passion for rave music and Ecstasy. Yet as she relives the thrills of her youth, the waves of fear grow in intensity. Will Suzy face her inner demons and learn to love again? Or will she be left forever replaying the soundtrack of a happy ending that eludes her?
A moving account of what happens to three women in one week when a man dies on the Brighton to London train. Very impressive — The Bookseller
A great, quirky must-read with-a-heart for fans of Kate Atkinson — Red Magazine
A real page-turner . . . You’ll want to inhale it in one breath ― Easy Living Magazine
Delicious, big hearted, utterly addictive . . . irresistible ― Marie Claire
Explores an emotive subject with great sensitivity — Sunday Express
Rayner has done it again! A gripping read ― Brighton and Hove Independent
An irresistible novel about friendship, family and dealing with life’s blows ― Woman & Home
A sympathetic insight into mental ill-health as it affects ordinary people. Powerful ― My Weekly
For anyone who has either been a wife or a mistress, The Other Half will certainly ring true. And for anyone who’s been involved in a secret relationship or is considering an affair, this novel should be compulsory reading ― HEAT
A wickedly funny ménage à trois ― Cosmopolitan
An engaging, insightful portrait of infidelity, told with charm, Rayner plays it just right in the war zone of love ― Kirkus Reviews
A MUST READ! — The Sun
If revenge is a dish best served cold, then this is surely the Nigella of cold-cuisine cookery books ―HEAT
