The Olive Tree

Produktbeschreibung

A stunning new contemporary novel from the author of the Seven Sisters series

It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, 'Pandora', is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family.

Yet, as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora, she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William, her husband, and Alex, her son. At the difficult age of thirteen, Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother, and growing up. And equally desperate to learn the truth about his real father . . .

When, by chance, Helena meets her childhood sweetheart, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past and present collide. Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same, once Pandora's secrets have been revealed.

Praise for Lucinda Riley

'An absolutely fantastic storyteller . . . A real treat' Katherine Webb

'Wonderful! Absolutely impossible to put down! The Seven Sisters books just keep getting better and better' Tracy Rees

'A brilliant page-turner just soaked in glamour and romance' Daily Mail

'The Shadow Sister really is Lucinda's best yet. The scope of this series is breath-taking and each book is more captivating than the last' Iona Grey

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Kritik

It will whisk you away to the glorious sunshine of Cyprus . . . refreshingly different Veronica Henry Daily Express 

Autoreninfo

Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre.

In 2020, Lucinda received the Dutch Platinum Award for sales of over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year - an award last won by J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter. In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote the Guardian Angels series of books for children.

Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk, England, she fulfilled her dream in 2015 of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and this was where her last five books were written.

Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on 11 June 2021, surrounded by her family.