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The Bench

By: Saskia Sarginson
Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
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Publisher's Summary

Richard and Judy and international best-selling author.

A tragic love story spanning three decades, The Bench is Saskia Sarginson's most accomplished and heart-rending novel to date. For fans of One Day and A Star Is Born.

'We should have a plaque too,' he says. 'What would it say?'

I tilt my head. 'For Cat and Sam, who found each other and lost each other and found each other again,' I suggest.

It begins at the end. 

It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. 

Ten years ago, they made a pact: 

On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that's spanned three decades, or start again. 

They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love. 

But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime. 

Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in between? 

Can what was lost ever truly be found?

©2020 Saskia Sarginson (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: Romance

Critic Reviews

"With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses." (Good Housekeeping)

"A wonderful, heart-tugging romance." (Prima)

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