2024 the best of us review
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'A moving and enchanting story with an uplifting message of hope at its heart... Be warned - you will need tissues. Caroline's best book yet!' Dinah Jefferies
'Warm, moving, romantic' Prue Leith
'Tender and moving' Jane Bailey
'A beautiful portrait of love and loss, and of hope in adversity' Sarah Steele
Marina and Hugh were once madly in love. But after the loss of their beautiful little daughter, grief has created a distance between them that feels impossible to bridge. Marina knows leaving Italy is the only way they will be able to move on, but Thorncliffe Hall, Hugh's family home in England, is so grey and unwelcoming.
Just when life feels like it may never regain colour, Marina and Hugh come across a striking china coffee pot in a London shop window, adorned with a fox flying through the night sky. The coffee pot comes attached with a mystery, one that is connected with Hugh's own family many years ago.
By digging into the past, Marina is about to discover a story far beyond her wildest dreams. But will the past help her heal the present?
A heartwrenching, utterly unforgettable story for fans of Sally Page and Amanda Prowse.
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Praise for Caroline Montague's spellbinding stories
'All all the ingredients for a Sunday night TV drama' Prue Leith
'Enthralling... snared us in an ever-tightening circle of love and despair, secrets and forgiveness' Joanna Lumley
'Thoroughly engrossing' Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey
'Enthralling and wonderfully romantic, with gorgeous characters, this is perfect to curl up with and get lost in' Katie Fforde
'A moving, sweeping saga of love and loss' Dinah Jefferies
ASIN : B0CYM6YMRR
Publisher : Orion (October 12, 2023)
Publication date : October 12, 2023
Language : English
File size : 2975 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 440 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 1409198111
Reviewer: connie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A journey of past and present.
Review: Be ready for a trip back in time filled width strong womanhood, romance, and mystery. Then another journey in the present filled with the same. It will empty your heart out then fill it back up again. Its five am, and I just finished it. Does that tell you how good it is.
Reviewer: Kerry Parsons
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The Pieces of Us was my most anticipated read of 2023 and I absolutely loved it!The fact that it is set in the Potteries makes it even more special to me.When we meet Marina and Hugh they are drowning in grief after losing their infant daughter. I canât even begin to imagine the pain they must be suffering. At a time they need each other the most they are no longer communicating, and Marina feels that moving back to Hughâs family home, Thorncliffe Hall, might be the only way their marriage will survive such a devastating loss. She seems to be both overwhelmed and underwhelmed with Thorncliffe Hall though.However, finding a beautiful coffee pot on a trip to London gives Marina a new distraction. She soon finds herself determined to find those who designed and created it.This is a dual-timeline story and I found myself completely swept up in Marinaâs investigations as she discovers the links between the potters of the past and her husbandâs family.It is an emotional and captivating tale featuring places very familiar to me. I love it when I can picture exactly where the characters are! Characters who have been carefully thought out. It is clear how much the author cares about them. There are clever connections between the past and present, and a respectful insight into the history of the potteries.It very much reminded me (in part) of the film, The Colour Room, which tells the story of Clarice Cliff.It is the most beautifully written novel. I cannot recommend it highly enough!
Reviewer: Ginny
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A most moving book and completely enthralling from an emotional beginning through a journey of compelling history to present day. Carolineâs gift of enchanting storytelling based on fascinating and accurate history makes for a stunning read.
Reviewer: Carolyn
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is a great family tale.Hugh and Marina are dealing with losing their child. Hugh's family home Thorncliffe Hall is where Marina finds a book of what happened in 1925 by a potter Elody. She starts to read and then we are drawn to that time. Elody lives at the great hall as she was taken in by her godfather.Marina is caught by a coffee pot she purchased with a flying fox on it; she wants to know more about who made it.The contrast between 1925 and now is vast and the writing is evocative of the dark smoke filled skies.I like because it is set in Staffordshire in Burslem Stoke on Trent.The writing is easy to read and is great the contrast between the two time zones.I was recommended this book by a friend and I am pleased I have read it. I will read more of this author.
Reviewer: Dan Goodwin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Just finished this book tonight and I'm still recovering! What a beautiful, wonderful bit of magic this story was. I loved the many different angles this author was able to tell her story from, and the way she held tension in them. It was tender and feisty and heartbreaking but still managed a fairly happy ending even though I was sobbing. (Review left by Dan Goodwins wife!)
Reviewer: Merrion Charles
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have purchased all of Caroline Montague's novels and once again I was enticed and captivated by Caroline's writing. The Pieces of Us contains so many elements for the reader- love, heartache, grief, history, society and, importantly, the position, struggle and 'role' of women in the world through the years. I was so excited when Caroline's latest novel arrived and it totally absorbed me from the moment I started reading -so much so that I dreaded finishing it and was so disappointed when I actually DID! There is something about Caroline Montague's writing that is utterly absorbing. She really understands true emotion and pain and her ability with words is outstanding. I felt I could really 'associate' with both Elody and Marina on many levels. I admire Caroline's talent in being able to capture the varied and complicated elements of society, different cultures and classes. The Pieces of Us cannot be too highly recommended - and really should be nominated as a best seller. I really do hope that Caroline Montague comes out with another of her exquisite novels very soon indeed!