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An Almost Perfect Holiday

By: Lucy Diamond
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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An Almost Perfect Holiday is a warm and witty story of friendship, family and hope, by the Sunday Times best seller Lucy Diamond, author of The Beach Cafe and Summer at Shell Cottage.

The holidays are here, and down in Cornwall Lorna’s cottages are fully booked. The sun loungers are lined up beside the swimming pool, the sky is blue and a new set of arrivals are on their way....

Em’s planned the perfect break with her teenagers plus her new boyfriend, George...but now his difficult six-year-old is coming too. Will their romance survive the realities of parenthood?

Maggie’s hoping a seaside holiday will bring her and her daughter closer together, but when her ex makes a surprise reappearance, it changes everything. Can she trust the man who broke her heart?

Olivia has escaped the domestic grind, only for the past to catch up with her. Maybe the time has come to confess all - if she can find the courage....

Meanwhile, the teenagers are running wild and love is in the air. With friendship, heartache and secrets in the mix, will this holiday turn out to be a scorcher—or simply too hot to handle?

©2019 Lucy Diamond (P)2019 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
Fiction Holidays Romance Celebration Heartfelt Witty

Critic Reviews

No one creates funny, flawed and immediately relatable characters like Lucy. I adored this book from the very first page (Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of A Patchwork Family)
A delight from first page through to last (Milly Johnson, bestselling author of The Teashop on the Corner)

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Meh!

This was one of those books that I only finished because I was reading it for a book club. It's just so uneventful, I kept waiting for something exciting to happen. Unfortunately, that never eventuated. Drab characters who all blended into one another, slow stories that didn't really go anywhere and it all seemed very ho-hum. If you're having trouble sleeping this book might help.

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Lost track

Not sure why but I lost track of characters completely. Seems a nice story about life, love and growing up but just couldn’t keep track. Might have been better with multiple narrators. I’ll give it another go.

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I loved it, I laughed & cried

She captures the Beauty of an English small town holiday, so well I felt I was there. She describes parenting teenagers & little ones with great insight & knowledge.
This book made me laugh out loud but also made me cry. I loved it. Nice easy listening

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