''A rare and wonderful delight'' Lucy Foley ''Utterly beautiful... incredibly moving'' Joanna Cannon ''I adored it'' Bryony Gordon ''A delicious read - intimate, intricate, immersive'' Rachel Joyce '' Love makes you do things you never thought you were capable of. '' Forbidden, passionate and all-encompassing, Margo and Richard''s love affair was the stuff of legend- but, ultimately, doomed. When Richard walked out, Margo locked herself away, leaving her three daughters, Rachel, Imogen and Sasha, to run wild. Years later, charismatic Margo entertains lovers and friends in her cottage on the Isle of Wight, refusing to ever speak of Richard and her painful past. But her silence is keeping each of the Garnett girls from finding true happiness. Rachel is desperate to return to London, but is held hostage by responsibility for Sandcove, their beloved but crumbling family home. Dreamy Imogen feels the pressure to marry her kind, considerate fiance, even when life is taking an unexpected turn. And wild, passionate Sasha, trapped between her fractured family and controlling husband, is weighed down by a secret that could shake the family to its core... The Garnett Girls , the captivating debut from Georgina Moore, asks whether children can ever be free of the mistakes of their parents. Praise for The Garnett Girls : ''A rare and wonderful delight'' Lucy Foley ''I adored it'' Bryony Gordon ''A delicious read'' Rachel Joyce ''Richly drawn'' Patrick Gale ''What a gem of a book!'' Erica James ''Pure pleasure'' Emmma Stonex ''Beautifully written'' Jill Mansell ''A wonderfully woven tale of love, friendship and family'' Catherine Alliott ''Brings this enchanting, maddening, wounded family to life'' Susie Boyt ''A deft, evocative storyteller'' Sheila O''Flanagan ''Written with skill and passion'' Elizabeth Buchan ''An elegant page-turner'' Julie Owen Moylan ''A fabulous debut'' Fanny Blake ''This novel has it all'' Marika Cobbold ...

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Now Deputy MD of Arts PR Agency Midas, Georgina Moore is an award-winning book publicist, who has worked in the publishing industry for twenty years, most recently at Headline. The Garnett Girls is Georgina's first novel and is set on the Isle of Wight, where Georgina and her family have a holiday houseboat called Sturdy. Georgina's main residence is a houseboat in the River Thames, where she lives with her partner, two children and Bomber, the Border Terrier. You can find her as @PublicityBooks on Twitter and @georginamooreauthor on Instagram.

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Winner of the Book of the Year at The Isle of Wight Book Awards'As immersive and compelling as the girls themselves. You will get lost in their lives, and want to stay with them forever' Jennie Godfrey

'A dazzlingly layered family portrait with a mystery at its heart, complete with a cast of characters who feel so real' Claire Daverley

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'As delicious and classy and intoxicating as a cool glass of Sancerre. Heavenly!' Veronica Henry 'What a gem of a book! Such an accomplished first novel' Erica James