A Wedding in the Olive Garden
By (Author) Leah Fleming
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Head of Zeus
1st January 2021
5th November 2020
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Family life fiction
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
823.92
Paperback
400
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Can an island in the sun provide the second chance Sara needs A warm and uplifting novel about love, friendship and new beginnings on the beautiful Greek island of Santaniki. Sara Loveday flees home and crisis to the beautiful island of Santaniki. Here, amid olive groves and whitewashed stone villas, where dark cypress trees step down to a cobalt blue sea, Sara vows to change her life. Spotting a gap in the local tourist market, she sets up a wedding plan business, specialising in 'second time around' couples. For her first big wedding, she borrows the olive garden of a local artists' retreat, but almost at once things begin to go wrong. To make matters worse, a stranger from Sara's past arrives on the island, spreading vicious lies. Can her business survive And what will happen with the gorgeous new man who she's begun to love This is a gorgeous, warm-hearted and uplifting novel conjuring the local colour, traditions and close bonds of island life.
This sunshine story about Sarah Loveday, a woman fleeing a life of crisis at home for a second chance on a beautiful Greek island, will provide a warm glow * Sunday Post *
An uplifting novel about love, friendship and new beginnings * Eastern Daily Press *
PRAISE FOR LEAH FLEMING: 'A born storyteller' Kate Atkinson. 'Whether you're dreaming of your first trip to the Greek islands or, like me, dreaming of returning one day, The Olive Garden Choir is the ideal book to conjure up the unique atmosphere of that lovely part of the world' What Cathy Read Next. 'It's a moving and compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth' Rachel Hore. 'Fascinating and unputdownable' Trisha Ashley. 'A fabulous story of people, places and pearls from a master storyteller' * Lancashire Post *
After careers in teaching, catering, running a market stall, stress management courses in the NHS as well as being a mother of four, Leah Fleming found her true calling as a storyteller. She lives in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales but spends part of the year marinating her next tale from an olive grove on her favourite island of Crete. leahfleming.co.uk @LeahleFleming