'Atmospheric, heart-rending and multi-layered' Grazia
From the Number One internationally bestselling author of The Butterfly Room & The Moon Sister comes a romantic and moving page-turner which sweeps from war-torn Europe to Thailand and back again . . .
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Julia Forrester has many happy memories of a childhood spent at Wharton Park, playing amongst the exotic flowers her grandad cared for.Now, recovering from a family tragedy, she once more seeks comfort at Wharton Park, newly inherited by the charismatic Kit Crawford, with a sad story of his own.
But when an old diary is found during renovation work, the pair turn to Julia's grandmother to hear the truth about the love affair that turned Wharton Park's fortunes sour . . .
And so Julia is plunged back in time, to the world of Olivia and Harry Crawford, a young couple torn apart by the Second World War - and whose fragile marriage is destined to affect the happiness of generations to come, including Julia's own.
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Praise for Lucinda Riley:
'Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart' Dinah Jeffries'Brilliant escapism' Red
Outside the UK, this book is published under the title The Orchid House
- ISBN10 147133984X
- ISBN13 9781471339844
- Publish Date 6 May 2013 (first published 25 November 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 November 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher AudioGO Limited
- Imprint Windsor
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Language English