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The Summer We All Ran Away
The Summer We All Ran Away
The Summer We All Ran Away
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The Summer We All Ran Away

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'The story is fresh and original, written vividly and with flair. I was completely engrossed!' Katherine Webb, international best-selling author'Beautiful... A fascinating tale of the meeting of lost souls. Of danger, and trust and self-worth. Read it.' Jen Campbell, author of Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops'A stunning debut... The storyline is original, the characters are fascinating, and over all this is simply a great read.' The Bookbag'The characters grabbed my heart, the story pulled me in and I sailed through the pages... Put Cassandra Parkin's debut novel on your To-Read list.' Women's WorldWhen nineteen-year-old Davey finds himself drunk, beaten and alone, he is rescued by the oddly assorted inhabitants of an abandoned and beautiful house in the West Country. Their only condition for letting him join them is that he asks them no questions.More than thirty years ago in that same house, burned-out rock star Jack Laker writes a ground-breaking comeback album, and abandons the girl who saved his life to embark on a doomed and passionate romance with a young actress. His attempt to escape his destructive lifestyle leads to deceit, debauchery and even murder.As Davey and his fellow housemate Priss try to uncover the secrets of the house's inhabitants, both past and present, it becomes clear that the five strangers have all been drawn there by the events and the music of that long-ago summer.
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Release dateJul 1, 2019
ISBN9781789550436
The Summer We All Ran Away
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Cassandra Parkin

Cassandra Parkin is the author of several novels, including The Summer We All Ran Away and The Winter's Child. Her short-story collection, New World Fairy Tales, won the 2011 Scott Prize for Short Stories, and her short work has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies. Raised in Hull, she now lives in East Yorkshire. For more information, visit cassandraparkin.wordpress.com, or follow her on Twitter at @cassandrajaneuk.

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    Sometimes I am not at all sure what makes me choose a book. This one was on NetGalley and there was just something about this rather stark and darker colored cover that called to me or maybe it was the waving tree and the glimpses of bright yellow. . Read the synopsis, which sounded interesting and thought "What the heck" and am so glad I did. This is a book that will probably not get very much press and yet it is wonderfully written. The story is different and captured my interest from the very beginning. The characters and their back stories were expressive, there was an air of mystery, much anguish and soul searching as five people come running from something in their lives and looking for a way forward. There is a huge old house, with many different sections, all containing secrets that must be let out. There is a musician who wants so much more than the life he has led as a rock musician, there is hope and there is love. There is also Priss, who is my favorite character, she is so amusing and irreverent that this novel is worth reading just to listen to her. An unusual but worthy find.

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