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Thirty-something Parisian artist Billie is working towards her next exhibition when she receives the news that her mother, with whom she has had no contact for years, has drowned in the river near her nursing home. In an attempt to understand the circumstances of her death, she returns to V, the village where she grew up in the parched, sun-drenched hills above the Mediterranean.


When she arrives there, Billie finds herself reliving memories of another river drowning, 20 years earlier, memories she had tried to obliterate. What happened to Billie's dear friend Lila back then, at the age of 16, and why is Billie stalked by guilt?


Sunlight Hours paints a picture of three generations of women, united by the secrets of a river.



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A paticularly well-done opus which marries sharp writing, narrative depth and an original subject - L'Express (France)

The book's strings are pulled one by one to unfurl untold secrets, and, like a thriller, the book becomes impossible to put down - Femmes Magazine (Luxembourg)

Sunlight Hours: Three women united by the secrets

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/07/2020
      ISBN13: 9781529342291, 978-1529342291
      ISBN10: 1529342295

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Thirty-something Parisian artist Billie is working towards her next exhibition when she receives the news that her mother, with whom she has had no contact for years, has drowned in the river near her nursing home. In an attempt to understand the circumstances of her death, she returns to V, the village where she grew up in the parched, sun-drenched hills above the Mediterranean.


      When she arrives there, Billie finds herself reliving memories of another river drowning, 20 years earlier, memories she had tried to obliterate. What happened to Billie's dear friend Lila back then, at the age of 16, and why is Billie stalked by guilt?


      Sunlight Hours paints a picture of three generations of women, united by the secrets of a river.



      Trade Review
      A paticularly well-done opus which marries sharp writing, narrative depth and an original subject - L'Express (France)

      The book's strings are pulled one by one to unfurl untold secrets, and, like a thriller, the book becomes impossible to put down - Femmes Magazine (Luxembourg)

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