This was despite the brief period of greatest happiness that Tilly had ever experienced living at Queenie This is Ruth Hogan's wonderful 3rd novel, and like her previous books, there are two storylines but unlike the others, here we are given the perspective of young Tilly, whose life is shaped by her close relationship to dad, Stevie, which comes to an abrupt end when he is killed, and then splintered irrevocably apart when for some inexplicable reason, her mother sends her to boarding school. This is Ruth Hogan's wonderful 3rd novel, and like her previous books, there are two storylines but unlike the others, here we are given the perspective of young Tilly, whose life is shaped by her close relationship to dad, Stevie, which comes to an abrupt end when he is killed, and then splintered irrevocably apart when for some inexplicable reason, her mother sends her to boarding school. it can also turn out to have a happy ending.more
But when her mother dies, Tilda goes back to Brighton and with the help of her beloved Queenie sets about unraveling the mystery of her exile from The Paradise Hotel and discovers that her mother was not the woman she thought she knew at all. Wary of people, her only friend is her dog, Eli. Now, Tilda has grown into an independent woman still damaged by her mother's unaccountable cruelty. She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved living in Brighton in Queenie Malone's Magnificent Paradise Hotel with its endearing and loving family of misfits - staff and guests alike.īut Tilly's childhood was shattered when her mother sent her away from the only home she'd ever loved to boarding school with little explanation and no warning.
Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved livi From the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes - a novel of mothers and daughters, families and secrets and the astonishing power of friendship.
From the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes - a novel of mothers and daughters, families and secrets and the astonishing power of friendship.