A time to remember / Josephine Cox with Gilly Middleton.
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TextPublisher: London, England : HarperCollins Publishers, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 426 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780008128524 (paperback)Subject(s): Female friendship -- Fiction | Widows -- Fiction | Women -- Fiction | Reminiscing -- Fiction | Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction | Life change events -- Fiction | Vacations -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Domestic fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: "Maureen has never learned the art of putting herself first. She always gives, and never expects anything in return for herself. Instead of being treated the same way by others, her gentle temperament has seen her taken advantage of, and now she has lost her joy in life. Maureen has a chance to change that when an unexpected windfall comes her way. Determined to make up for lost time, she decides to take a holiday and, needing a companion, looks up her old friend, Barbara. However, Barbara has changed in the years since they last met, and what starts out as a nostalgic trip down memory lane, becomes something different altogether. Will their friendship stand the test of time, or should it be left firmly in the past?" Publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Don't miss the gripping new drama from the nation's favourite storyteller!
Are some memories best forgotten?
Maureen Bancroft has never learned the art of putting herself first. As a widow with a gentle temperament and humble ways, she's been easy to take advantage of.
All that changes when an unexpected windfall comes her way. Determined to make up for lost time, she decides to take a holiday and, needing a companion, looks up her friend, Barbara Hayle.
Glamorous, and with a successful career on the stage, Barbara seems to be everything that Maureen is not. But things aren't as they seem, and what starts out as a nostalgic trip between friends, becomes something different altogether. Much has changed in the years since they first met now Maureen has something that her friend desperately needs, and Barbara is used to getting exactly what she wants.
As their journey takes them down some dark byways, will this be the one friendship that Maureen should have left firmly in the past?
Praise for Josephine Cox:
'Cox's talent as a storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail
'A surefire winner' Woman's Weekly
"Are some memories best forgotten?"--Cover.
"Maureen has never learned the art of putting herself first. She always gives, and never expects anything in return for herself. Instead of being treated the same way by others, her gentle temperament has seen her taken advantage of, and now she has lost her joy in life. Maureen has a chance to change that when an unexpected windfall comes her way. Determined to make up for lost time, she decides to take a holiday and, needing a companion, looks up her old friend, Barbara. However, Barbara has changed in the years since they last met, and what starts out as a nostalgic trip down memory lane, becomes something different altogether. Will their friendship stand the test of time, or should it be left firmly in the past?" Publisher.