The Secrets of Happiness
By (Author) Lucy Diamond
Pan Macmillan
Pan Books
13th September 2016
2nd June 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.92
Paperback
480
Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 29mm
334g
The Secrets of Happiness is an extraordinary tale of sisterhood, from Lucy Diamond author of The Beach Cafe. The best things in life... can be just around the corner Rachel and Becca aren't real sisters, or so they say. They are stepsisters, living far apart, with little in common. Rachel is the successful one: happily married with three children and a big house, plus an impressive career. Artistic Becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another, shares a titchy flat, and has given up on love. The two of them have lost touch, but when Rachel doesn't come home one night, Becca is called in to help. Once there, she quickly realises that her stepsister's life is not so perfect after all: Rachel's handsome husband has moved out, her children are rebelling, and her glamorous career has taken a nosedive. Worst of all, nobody seems to have a clue where she might be. As Becca begins to untangle Rachel's secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about her own life, and the future seems uncertain. But sometimes happiness can be found in the most unexpected places...
Stuffed with guilty secrets and characters you'll root for from the start, this warm and emotional summer novel about a family in crisis makes for delicious summer reading * Sunday Express on Summer at Shell Cottage *
A great summer read from Lucy Diamond * Hello on Summer at Shell Cottage *
Enthralling drama about family secrets * Heat on Summer at Shell Cottage *
Lucy Diamond lives in Bath with her husband and their three children. She has written eleven novels, including Summer at Shell Cottage and The Year of Taking Chances, both of which have been Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers.