
The Mapmaker's Wife
A spellbinding story of love, secrets and devastating choices
Hannah Evans(Author)
Orion (Publisher)
Published on 23. May 2024
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-1-3987-1620-9 (ISBN)
Description
'If she didn't tell Patrick that she'd fallen in love with him, how could he know to say it back? If she didn't say let me come away with you, how would he know to ask?'
'Riveting love story' Louise Hare
***** 'Wonderful story, gripping throughout and difficult to put down'
'Sweeping, evocative, emotional and truly satisfying'?Veronica Henry
***** 'Utterly charming, so well written and heartfelt'
A forbidden love.An impossible decision.A family changed forever...
1954. Bea Bell has lived in Grenada her whole life but when she falls in love with handsome surveyor Patrick Anderson, they are swept across a crumbling Empire. They quickly learn that not everyone is as accepting of their interracial marriage, leaving them with an impossible decision that might tear them apart.
2015. Since her mother's death, it has fallen to Amelia to tirelessly take care of her family and sell their family home. But when she is packing her family's memories, she finds a handwritten letter which unveils a long-held secret and reveals how little she truly knows about herself . . .
Heart-wrenching and sweeping, The Mapmaker's Wife is a sweeping love story that will both break your heart and put it back together. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore and Louise Hare.
'Riveting love story' Louise Hare
***** 'Wonderful story, gripping throughout and difficult to put down'
'Sweeping, evocative, emotional and truly satisfying'?Veronica Henry
***** 'Utterly charming, so well written and heartfelt'
A forbidden love.An impossible decision.A family changed forever...
1954. Bea Bell has lived in Grenada her whole life but when she falls in love with handsome surveyor Patrick Anderson, they are swept across a crumbling Empire. They quickly learn that not everyone is as accepting of their interracial marriage, leaving them with an impossible decision that might tear them apart.
2015. Since her mother's death, it has fallen to Amelia to tirelessly take care of her family and sell their family home. But when she is packing her family's memories, she finds a handwritten letter which unveils a long-held secret and reveals how little she truly knows about herself . . .
Heart-wrenching and sweeping, The Mapmaker's Wife is a sweeping love story that will both break your heart and put it back together. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore and Louise Hare.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
592 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3987-1620-9 (9781398716209)
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Hannah is based in Cardiff, South Wales, and works in communications and as a staff writer for Santes Dwynwen magazine. She was a part of the Hachette Future Bookshelf prize.