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Is That You, Beth Cherry?

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Beth’s life, like the unfinished screenplay on her laptop, is stuck between chapters. After her breakup with Fraser – definitely not in the script – she retreats into a lonely WFH routine of sweatpants, erratic hours and comfort eating. Her only constant is her rescue dog, Tomsk. When her house share collapses, an unlikely lifeline appears: Fraser’s mother, Martine, who offers Beth and Tomsk a temporary flat above her garage in Longhampton, the place of Beth’s happiest memories. It feels like fate – and maybe a second chance with Fraser. But when Beth joins a local retirement project, The Story of Your Life, recording residents’ memories, she begins to see her own story more clearly. Then an anonymous tale of first love threatens to upend a family, forcing Beth to ask: is the truth always worth telling?

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Beth’s life, like the unfinished screenplay on her laptop, is at a standstill.

Since her devastating breakup with Fraser she’s retreated into a lonely working-from-home world of sweatpants, disordered timekeeping and comfort eating. The one luminous constant in her life is her love for her rescue dog, Tomsk, and his for her.

Even her ex’s mum is worried about her, and in attempt to help volunteers a reluctant Beth as a writer for a project called The Story of Your Life, run by the local retirement community. Some of the stories Beth hears reveal a little more than the teller realises . . .

When she is sent a story of first love that threatens to destroy more than one family’s identity, Beth faces an impossible decision that causes her to question:

Is it too late for the biggest surprise ending of all?

Your favourite authors love Lucy Dillon:
‘Bittersweet, lovely and ultimately redemptive; the kind of book that makes you want to live your own life better’ JOJO MOYES
‘This vibrant and uplifting novel has not only entertained me hugely, but made me change the way I look at life’ KATIE FFORDE
‘I always find Lucy Dillon’s books so overflowing with wit and wisdom’ JENNY COLGAN

Additional information

Weight 0.34 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 3.4 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

480

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K