The Saturday Place: Open for food, friendship and finding your way
By (Author) Alice Peterson
Bedford Square Publishers
Bedford Square Publishers
16th April 2025
14th March 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Separation and divorce: advice and issues
Family life fiction
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Parenting: advice and issues
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Three perfect strangers who help each other to believe in love again.
Holly's husband died, and she's lonely. She needs to do something to save herself, quickly. Next thing she knows she's interviewing for a voluntary cooking job, surprised to be ambushed by a scruffy man who looks like he has a past.
Angus has messed up. He's lost the respect of his family and has none for himself. If it weren't for his brother and friend who run the cafe, he'd be sleeping on the streets. Angus is about ready to give up - until he meets Holly, who sparks something in him.
Then Lauren arrives from the homeless shelter. She came to London with nothing but an old train ticket, a teddy bear, and the clothes on her back. With no family, no home, no friends, she doesn't know what love is. People scare her. She's terrified of Angus and Holly. At first. Each of them finds themselves in the Saturday cafe at a time when they need something to grab hold of. It might have to be each other...
'A tender story of hope, friendship and the power of community.' - Emily Houghton author of Before I Saw You
'A warm, wise and really special book... I absolutely loved it.' - Katy Regan author of Little Big Love
'A tender story of hope, friendship and the power of community in overcoming life's biggest challenges.'
-- Emily Houghton'The Saturday Place is a warm, wise, really special book, about the power of accepting life in all its messiness and finding joy where you can. I absolutely loved it'
-- Katy ReganUplifting, heartwarming and mouth-watering, The Saturday Place is the kind of book we all need now. A tale of friendship and food, its bursting with optimism and love. Charming.
-- Veronica HenryAlice has published two non-fiction books, and ten novels, including the critically-acclaimed, A Song for Tomorrow, and the No. 1 kindle bestselling title, Monday to Friday Man. Her writing is funny, romantic, powerful and emotional. At the heart of each novel is a love story but Alice always includes hard-hitting and thought-provoking themes within her storylines, based on her own experience of a professional tennis career cut short at the age of 18 when diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
Alice is currently living in West London, and training to be a psychotherapist. Her favourite thing in the world is walking her beloved Lucas Terrier, Mr Darcy, in the park.