Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and glamorous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times best-selling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the listener on an evocative, sun-drenched journey along the Côte d’Azur in this pause-resisting novel of passion, fate, and second chances. “For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society comes another terrific epistolary historical novel that is simply unputdownable this remarkable novel will undoubtedly go on my keeper shelf.” Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of The Night the Lights Went Out (on Last Christmas in Paris) Once begun, I dare you to put it down.” Kathleen Tessaro, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfume Collector and Rare Objects (on The Girl from The Savoy) “Hazel Gaynor captures both the heartache and hope of England between the Wars in this richly imagined novel peopled with unforgettable characters, impossible ambitions and unexpected twists of fate. Is the world ready for yet another account of this tragedy? With this novel, the answer is a resounding yes.” New York Journal of Books (on The Girl Who Came Home) “ The Girl Who Came Home follows on the centenary remembrance of the Titanic in 2012. The unexpected twists and turns of the plot and jumping of timelines holds readers’ attention to the satisfying climax.” Romantic Times Book Review (on A Memory of Violets)
“Gaynor’s talent for evoking a time and place, as well as her ability to write a beautifully heart-wrenching story with realistic characters, enables her to touch readers.
11, 1918, the day the Great War ended and its memory began.” New York Times (on Fall of Poppies) “… a collection of short stories inspired by the plangent, romantic landscape of imperiled mansions, trench warfare and Anglo-American overlap, contains nine loamy tributes to the genre.
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