UK & IRELAND EXCLUSIVE !!!!!!
I was delighted to be asked to do the official unveiling of New York Times best selling author, Hazel Gaynor's second novel "A Memory of Violets". It is great to be the first to see the cover as, in a weird way, I have become attached to the book before it has even been released! I hope you enjoyed Hazel's first novel, about Titanic, "The Girl Who Came Home" and that this new novel piques your interest too. I am hoping to get some more of my historical fiction fix from this wonderful author very soon.........
COVER REVEAL
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From the author of the Irish
Times bestseller The Girl Who Came Home
comes an unforgettable historical novel that tells the story of two little
sisters - orphaned flower sellers - and the young woman who will be transformed
by their experiences.
‘For
Little Sister … I will never stop looking for you.’
1876. Among the filth and depravity of Covent Garden’s flower
markets, orphaned Irish sisters Flora and Rosie Flynn sell posies of violets
and watercress to survive. It is a pitiful existence, made bearable only by the
presence of each other. When they become separated, the decision of a desperate
woman sets their lives on very different paths.
1912. Twenty-one-year-old Tilly Harper leaves the peace and
beauty of her native Lake District for London, to become assistant housemother
at Mr. Shaw’s Home for Watercress and Flower Girls. For years, the home has
cared for London’s orphaned and crippled flower girls, taking them off the
streets. For Tilly, the appointment is a fresh start; a chance to leave her troubled
past behind.
Soon after she arrives, Tilly discovers a notebook belonging to
Flora Flynn. Hidden between the pages she finds dried flowers and a
heartbreaking tale of loss and separation as Flora’s entries reveal how she
never stopped looking for her sister.
Tilly sets out to discover what happened to Rosie. But the search will
not be easy. Full of twists and surprises, it leads the caring and determined
young woman into unexpected places, including the depths of her own heart.
Born in North Yorkshire, Hazel now lives in Ireland with her husband, two children and an accident-prone cat. Hazel has been writing ever since 2009 when she swapped her life in corporate training and development to become a full-time writer. Since then she has written a guest blog ‘Carry on Writing’ for Irish writing website www.writing.ie and also interviewed many authors for the blog. For more info on Hazel please visit her website, www.hazelgaynor.com or follow her on Twitter @HazelGaynor
A Memory of Violets is published by Willam Morrow Paperbacks/Harper365 on 12th March 2015 and can be
pre-ordered online now. Her previous novel, The Girl Who Came Home is available in paperback and kindle editions.
beautiful cover
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cover. I really enjoyed The Girl Who Came Home and can't wait to read this one.
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