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Summertime
Nov 29, 2025 8:26 AM

Author:Charlotte Bingham

Summertime

Fans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jeffries and Kristin Hannah will love this unputdownable romantic read from bestselling author Charlotte Bingham. Portraying the highs and lows of love and marriage, it's an unforgettable read and the perfect dose of escapism.

'The author perfectly evokes the atmosphere of a bygone era... ' -- Woman's Own

'This is great summer escapism from an award-winning romantic novelist' - CHOICE

'Compulsive reading!' -- ***** Reader review

'Truly impossible to put down' -- ***** Reader review

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AN ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY...OR AN ESCAPE FROM HIM?

When Trilby meets Lewis, the all-powerful proprietor of a newspaper group, she suspects that her life might be about to change, but not, as it transpires, forever. For not only does Lewis wish to acquire her cartoon strip, but Trilby herself.

She is inevitably drawn to this handsome, older, and far more sophisticated personality, just as Lewis is, from the first, determined to marry the insouciant Trilby, despite the opposition of her friends and family. But having won her,

Lewis reveals himself to be irrationally possessive.

Becoming a virtual prisoner in her own home is not something that Trilby had ever dreamt could happen to her, a young woman in 1950s London, but it is not long before she realises that Lewis is prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to keep her to himself. Quite by chance, she discovers the real reason for her husband's unforgivable behaviour.

Trilby must come to terms with the truth about Lewis, and more importantly, herself, before she can experience the kind of carefree happiness she once knew before her marriage.

Reviews

Destined to become one of the season's bestsellers, this is great summer escapism from an award-winning romantic novelist

—— CHOICE

If there is a book worth banning in a dictatorship, this is it

—— Guardian

Kadare's delicately misted view of another world (as much internal as totalitarian) lives up to the splendour of his title

—— Independent on Sunday

Inexorably takes your breath away

—— Herald

Sly and funny. A deeply pleasurable page-turner

—— Observer

It is Lurie, not Updike whom people will one day read to discover what our life and times were really like. Dazzling intelligent, witty, perceptive and engaging, she is not to be missed

—— New Statesman

Lurie is the reigning queen of a certain kind of academic comedy... Truth & Consequences is a deeply pleasurable page-turner

—— Rachel Cooke , Observer

Lurie's entertaining novel charts these symmetrical relationships with subtlety and compassion, and thoughtfully examines the balance of power between those who give and require care

—— Daily Mail

Lurie expertly maps the downward marital slope: the slow falling out of love, the undignified transformations of middle age, the interplay of eros and hypochondria... The author's satirical gifts are undiminished

—— Wall Street Journal

A story of modern love that will have readers laughing and sighing with recognition... A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they're willing to make for both

—— Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Delightful... Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect

—— New York Review of Books
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