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The Summer of Impossible Things

The Summer of Impossible Things

Summary

'A writer I'd follow anywhere' Katie Fforde
'It's so lovely to find an author you love' Marian Keyes
'Such a brilliant writer' Jill Mansell
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Luna and her sister are devastated after their mother’s sudden death.

But when a lifelong secret is revealed, they must return to her birthplace in New York to settle affairs.

In Brooklyn, they soon find more questions than answers, until something impossible – magical – happens to Luna, and she meets her mother as a young woman back in the summer of 1977.

When Luna realises she’s not imagining things, and can truly travel back in time, she is determined to change things.

But in doing anything – everything – to save her mother’s life, will she have to sacrifice her own?
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Praise for Rowan Coleman's bestselling novels:

‘I've always loved Rowan's writing’ Lucy Dillon
‘Beautifully written’ Daily Mail
‘There is a lovely smooth glow to the writing’ Matt Haig
‘Epic . . .’ Red Magazine
‘Painfully real and utterly heartbreaking… wonderfully uplifting’ Lisa Jewell
‘Stupendous’ Lucy Diamond
‘Utterly life affirming’ Jenny Colgan
‘A book you will carry with you long after the last page’ Milly Johnson
‘Magical, wonderful and beautifully written.’ Trisha Ashley
‘Whenever I read a Rowan Coleman novel, I am always taken on a great adventure’ Alice Peterson
‘Beautiful’ Louise Beech
‘Life-affirming and joyful’ Sara Sheridan

About the author

Rowan Coleman

ROWAN COLEMAN is the Sunday Times bestselling and award winning

screenwriter and author of sixteen novels including THE MEMORY BOOK, THE SUMMER OF
IMPOSSIBLE THINGS, THE GIRL AT THE WINDOW and FROM NOW UNTIL FOREVER.

Rowan lives in Scarborough with her husband, large family and three dogs.
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