Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel
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1st January 2025
Price: £15.99
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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780733650567
A warm-hearted novel about friendship, fresh starts and finding yourself from Top Ten bestselling author Sophie Green
Mornington Peninsula, 1999. All Joan ever wanted was to be a painter, but after thirty-five years of marriage, she finds she is simply a wife, mother and good citizen. On a whim, she escapes to the grand Duchess Hotel to find herself.
At the Duchess, Frances drops by most days to escape her daughter, Alison, who seems intent on putting her in a home, while hotel maid Kirrily is struggling to balance work, family and her dreams.
When Joan decides to pick up a brush and start painting again, she inspires Frances and Kirrily – and, eventually, Alison – to join her. Over canvas, conversation and creativity the women learn to hold onto their dreams and live life on their own terms.
‘A great book club pick [for] fans of Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea, Meg Bignell’s The Angry Women’s Choir and Joanna Nell’s Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year‘ BOOKS+PUBLISHING
‘Deftly crafted by an author who knows how to conjure her characters, where to put them and which stories they will tell to evince a swathe of emotions in each of us’ LIVING ARTS CANBERRA
Mornington Peninsula, 1999. All Joan ever wanted was to be a painter, but after thirty-five years of marriage, she finds she is simply a wife, mother and good citizen. On a whim, she escapes to the grand Duchess Hotel to find herself.
At the Duchess, Frances drops by most days to escape her daughter, Alison, who seems intent on putting her in a home, while hotel maid Kirrily is struggling to balance work, family and her dreams.
When Joan decides to pick up a brush and start painting again, she inspires Frances and Kirrily – and, eventually, Alison – to join her. Over canvas, conversation and creativity the women learn to hold onto their dreams and live life on their own terms.
‘A great book club pick [for] fans of Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea, Meg Bignell’s The Angry Women’s Choir and Joanna Nell’s Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year‘ BOOKS+PUBLISHING
‘Deftly crafted by an author who knows how to conjure her characters, where to put them and which stories they will tell to evince a swathe of emotions in each of us’ LIVING ARTS CANBERRA
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