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The Island Getaway
By (Author) Lucy Diamond
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
29th April 2025
30th January 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Hardback
416
Width 160mm, Height 236mm, Spine 38mm
620g
The dream holiday just got complicated . . .
On the sun-drenched island of Kefalonia, the new arrivals at The Ionian Escape hotel are hoping for a break from everyday life. But some of them are bringing a lot of baggage . . .Disgraced TV star Miranda Vallance feels like the worst person in the world. Her sister won't speak to her and her job's on the line. She's desperate to put things right but how Eighty-two-year-old Evelyn Chambers has come to the Greek Islands to fulfil a promise to the love of her life. If she can steel herself to go through with it, that is . . .And when celebrity chef Frank Neale checks in, rumours swirl around the hotel. But is it his wife, Leonora, who has more of a reason to escape to GreeceThe Island Getaway is a big-hearted novel from the queen of bestselling fiction, celebrating second chances, true love and the life-affirming joy of unlikely friendships.Praise for Lucy Diamond'I can't wait for my next book from Lucy Diamond' 5* READER REVIEW'Fabulous, uplifting and life-affirming' MY WEEKLY'Fabulous story telling and the most wonderful reading experience . . . spellbinding' 5* READER REVIEW'Lucy has a way of dropping you into the heart and minds of her characters' FIONA PALMER'Another book by Lucy Diamond that I couldn't put down' 5* READER REVIEW'Warm, tender, but also funny' THE SUN'I love all of Lucy's books' 5* READER REVIEW'No one does real life like Lucy Diamond' VERONICA HENRY'Lucy writes with such warmth and sympathy' 5* READER REVIEWPRAISE FOR LUCY DIAMOND: Wise, moving and heart-warming - this is Lucy Diamond at her very best * Rosie Walsh *
A touching, feelgood story to escape into, full of love, hope and joy * Sunday Express *
No one does real life like Lucy Diamond * Veronica Henry *
A captivating, humorous and warm-hearted story elevated to must-read status
* Heat *Lucy Diamond grew up in Nottingham and has lived in Leeds, London, Oxford and Brighton. She now lives in Bath with her family. Lucy is the Sunday Times bestselling author of nineteen novels including The Beach Cafe and Anything Could Happen. The Island Getaway is her twentieth novel.