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The Wildflowers

By: Harriet Evans
Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
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The new novel by Sunday Times best seller Harriet Evans will transport you to a Dorset beach house, where you can feel the sand between your toes. Enter the home of Tony and Althea Wilde - the Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor of their generation and with a marriage every bit as stormy. This glorious tale of tangled family secrets and lies will leave you warm and glowing.

Tony and Althea Wilde. Glamorous, argumentative...adulterous to the core.

They were my parents, actors known by everyone. They gave our lives love and colour in a house by the sea - the house that sheltered my orphaned father when he was a boy.

But the summer Mads arrived changed everything. She too had been abandoned and my father understood why. We Wildflowers took her in.

My father was my hero, he gave us a golden childhood, but the past was always going to catch up with him...it comes for us all, sooner or later.

This is my story. I am Cordelia Wilde. A singer without a voice. A daughter without a father. Let me take you inside.

©2018 Harriet Evans (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Romance Celebrity Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

"I adored The Wildflowers. A sweeping, epic, moving read." (Marian Keyes)
"Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Maeve Binchy." ( Best)
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I honestly loved this book. It's so touching and moving and makes you think. I can say though that I wouldn't want to be a member of this family; far too much drama going on but definitely makes for a good story. It's a sweet family adventure that I highly recommend. It definitely captivated me up until the very end.

Beautiful

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Good story which switches between times to reveal the secrets which have torn a family apart and ultimately bring them back together. Would be a good beach read!

Great summer read

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A wonderfully woven tale and beautiful narration. All the characters were excellently portrayed and the story spans several decades and was a joy to listen to.

Engrossing and thoroughly enjoyable.

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I was completely hooked on this book couldnt stop reading it.Loved every minute.first class .

loved it !!

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Would recommend
The characters did reach me and I enjoy stories where people travel to country like locations and time factors and situations

Enjoyed this book immensely

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it starts slow and you sometimes wonder why you are reading it , but then goes deep into all the layers of every character that is bound together

wonderfully enthralling story

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I was looking for a light summer book when I chose The Wildflowers & it turned out to be so much more. Multi layered, spanning decades between WW11 & 2015, & centred on a wooden beach house at the edge of the sea in Dorset. I thought it was extremely well researched with believable & well drawn characters with real poignancy but without mawkish sentiment! I am sorry it is finished & I will look for more of Harriet Evans books.

A delightful ‘read’

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This is one of the most depressing book ever!! If it could be negative about anything it is. I have so tried to finish it but I have given up it’s really making me feel fed up,
I would not recommend this book.
The narrator does an excellent job.

Depressing book

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Absolutely loved the Wildflowers. Intriguing tale of love and loyalty through generations of family entanglement.

Captivating

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Good pace, interesting characters. Beautiful descriptions.
The story line got stronger as the book went on. More than a holiday read x

Got better and better. Bitter sweet story

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