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Five Farthings

Five Farthings

A wonderful, heart-warming and utterly involving novel set in the West Country from bestselling author Susan Sallis

Summary

If you like Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher, you'll absolutely love this beautifully emotive and compelling novel of love and loss from The Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis.

READERS ARE LOVING FIVE FARTHINGS!
"Susan Sallis as always never disappoints."
"Excellent read"

*****

WHEN A CHANCE DISCOVERY TEARS YOUR WORLD APART, CAN YOU MAKE A NEW START?

Jess Tavener would have said that her life in a Somerset market town, with her husband Matt and their small daughter Lucy, was happy and settled. The recent death of her beloved father had cast the only shadow on their tranquil domesticity.

But when she returns to work after her bereavement, she finds a sketch, drawn by Matt, of her father, which turns her world upside down and she begins to realize that her family and friends have secrets which, as they are gradually revealed, affect the foundations of all their lives.

Can she work through the heartbreak and loss to reach out to a new, and different, kind of happiness?

About the author

Susan Sallis

Susan Sallis was the author of over twenty bestselling novels, many of them set in the West Country. She was born in Gloucestershire and lived in Somerset with her family. She died in 2020.
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