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This Lovely City
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon, Karise Yansen
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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This Lovely City
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Publisher's Summary
*As seen on the new BBC TWO TV book club, Between the Covers*
Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award
Indie Book of the Month for March, selected by the Booksellers Association
One of OBSERVER’S 10 best debut novelists of 2020 / WOMAN & HOME Best of 2020 / EVENING STANDARD Best books of 2020 / MAIL ON SUNDAY 2020 Highlights / I Best of 2020
The drinks are flowing.
The music is playing.
But the party can’t last.
With the Blitz over and London reeling from war, jazz musician Lawrie Matthews has answered England’s call for help. Fresh off the Empire Windrush, he’s taken a tiny room in south London lodgings, and has fallen in love with the girl next door. Lawrie has poured his heart into his new home – and it’s alive with possibility. Until, one morning, he makes a terrible discovery.
As the local community rallies, fingers of blame are pointed at those who had recently been welcomed with open arms. And, before long, the newest arrivals become the prime suspects in a tragedy which threatens to tear the city apart.
Atmospheric, poignant and compelling, Louise Hare’s debut shows that new arrivals have always been the prime suspects. But, also, that there is always hope.
Critic Reviews
"I loved, loved, loved it, and desperately wanted things to work out for Lawrie and Evie." (Cathy Rentzenbrink, Sunday Times best-selling author of The Last Act of Love)
"A tale to wring the heart and make the blood boil, swirling with post-war gloom, illuminated by the shining lights of Lawrie and Evie." (Saga)
"This atmospheric novel is a triumphant debut." (Woman & Home)
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-2020
Great Book ! Amazing work
Congratulations to Louise Hare for such an amazing book. I loved the storyline, the back & forth between time that keep you entertained. As I love books, I will probably buy it & read it as suppose to listen to it !!! Can’t wait for another book Louise Hare !!!
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- fran
- 04-05-2023
An interesting and illuminating tale.
Set in London in the late 1940s, the body of a child is found floating in a London pond setting in chain a series of problems for the finder, a young man from Jamaica. His romance with a mix-race young woman and the racism in the community at the time converge with the investigation into the dead child. The narration is excellent with just the right amount of accent on the characters to make it sound poetic.
It is not a linear story as it jumps backwards and forwards over a couple of years making it sometimes difficult to understand the timeline.
Enjoyable and a good example of the trials and tribulations of the Windrush generation when first they came to England.
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