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Kate Sawyer worked as an actor and producer before writing several short films then turning her hand to fiction. Her second novel This Family was a Waterstones Book Of The Month. and her debut, The Stranding, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, won the East Anglian Book Award for fiction and was adapted for BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. Kate produces the annual Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival, in the Suffolk town she grew up in and returned to after the birth of her daughter.

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"Gripping - and profound" - Marian Keyes
"A terrific novel to get lost in" - The i Paper
"Lyrical, nostalgic and heartfelt" - Woman & Home

Margaret Smith is at the beach with her family, a rare day out unlike any other Margaret has ever known.
The Smith family have left the town where they live, work and go to school to visit a place where the sky is blue, the sand is white, and the sound of the sea surrounds them. An ordinary family discovering the joy of getting away for the first time.
Over the course of the coming decades, they will be transformed through their holiday experiences, each new destination a backdrop to their ever-changing family. Love stories begin and end, children become parents and then grandparents -- and secrets are revealed.

"An absorbing, intricate novel perfect for getting away, wherever you are" - Jennifer Saint
"A living postcard marked with love, loss and connection" - Sainsbury's magazine