The Treasures : The Sevenstones Trilogy: Book One - Harriet Evans

`Immersive, captivating, utterly transporting' STACEY HALLS`A gripping family saga, intertwining two families, two big loves, 60s New York and 50s London. If you like the Cazalets you'll love this' DAISY BUCHANAN
'Readers of Lucinda Riley and Kate Morton will be riveted' BOOKLIST***Every family's story starts somewhere . . . On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Alice Jansen collects her treasures - the keepsakes, figurines and mementoes that help her make sense of her fragile family. But the next day her heart is broken, and the final treasure, a gift from her father, is lost. Two years later, Alice answers a phone call from a stranger and runs away to New York, and tries to forget her last golden summer at the orchard on the banks of the Hudson. Tom Raven can't understand why he keeps losing so many of the things and people that really matter to him, but he knows for certain that something important is missing from his life. One day, he remembers a forgotten letter and makes a phone call, then leaves Sevenstones, the only place that feels like home, for a strange city . . . An enchanting, unputdownable new novel about two people finding one another and the sweeping family story that follows, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wildflowers and The Beloved Girls. ***`Magnificent. It has that vast sweeping sense of a huge story and such a powerfully compelling world' MARIAN KEYES`Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a big family saga and they don't come much bigger and more satisfying than The Treasures . . . a compelling and richly evocative tale' IRISH TIMES
'An absorbing, richly imagined tale of one family's beginnings, and the fates and fortunes that ricochet down through generations. Evans' characters are built to love and root for . . . I was gripped and transported by the lives of Alice and Tom' EMMA STONEX`Razor sharp . . . an enjoyable family saga with some modern twists . . . quite delicious' THE TIMES`Filled with intricate detail, this book will entrance and move you. Harriet Evans is a master storyteller' KATIE FFORDE`Harriet Evans is our go-to author for sweeping cross-generational stories' FABULOUS`A pure delight from start to finish. You'll be longing for the next book' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING`The very definition of escape' VERONICA HENRY`[Harriet] has such a skill to draw readers in, and any fans of multi-generational stories will love this one' PRIMA`An absolute treat' RED`Packed with beautiful characterisation and atmospheric settings' WOMAN & HOME