The Phoenix Ballroom

Ruth Hogan

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Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she’s been sleepwalking through the last 50 years. Determined to live fully again, she embraces life with an enthusiasm and purpose she’d forgotten she could muster. Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a drop-in centre and spiritualist church could be seen as reckless, but Venetia’s generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for a touching cast of damaged and lonely people who find their chosen family. As their stories intertwine, long buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives are renewed as the Phoenix lives up to its name. A story of hope and second chances across the generations.

ISBN: 9781805460732 Category:

Description

THE BRAND NEW UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TWO-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS’Magical … uplifting … the Phoenix Ballroom feels like an old friend’ ANTON DU BEKE’A rich and joyful story, told with wit and heart’ BETH MORREY’Every page is a joy’ PIP WILLIAMSITS NEVER TOO LATE TO SPREAD YOUR WINGS…Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she’s been sleepwalking through the last fifty years.Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a community drop-in centre could be seen as reckless, but Venetia’s generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for an array of damaged and lonely people.As their stories intertwine, long-buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives renewed – the Phoenix lives up to its name.’Will enthral and delight everyone who reads it’ MIKE GAYLE’Packed with Ruth Hogan’s trademark warmth’ MATT CAIN

Additional information

Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

368

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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