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  • Published: 1 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405934855
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $19.99

The Anniversary




From the bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park comes a novel which asks if you can fall in love with the same person twice . . .

Stella's marriage ended decades ago, after a tragedy that not only shattered her life with her husband but shaped her whole relationship with her daughter, too.
Now, despite the tensions that linger between Stella and Eve, Stella is called upon to look after her daughter in her time of need. She just hadn't bargained on being brought back into her handsome, stubborn ex-husband's life too, or that she would find common ground with Jack in their shared adoration for their little grandson.
Just as the pain of the past once tore them apart, now the joys of grandparenthood are bringing Stella and Jack back together. But each of them has a new partner and new lives.
Should they fight temptation? Should the past remain the past?
Or are some loves simply meant to be?

  • Published: 1 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9781405934855
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Hilary Boyd

Hilary Boyd trained as a nurse and a marriage guidance counselor before beginning a career as a writer and journalist. She has written six non-fiction books and is the author of Thursdays in the Park, the bestselling novel which spawned a whole new genre.

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Praise for The Anniversary

Divided by tragedy, Stella and Jack are drawn together once more in this riveting relationships novel

Woman & Home

I really resented having to put The Anniversary down - terrific, beautifully written, searingly honest

Charles Dance, actor, screenwriter and director

One of the best family and friendship sagas. [An] emotional read . . . Stella and Jack's marriage is over. Will feelings resurface when their daughter needs them?

Prima

A smart, sometimes harrowing story, with true to life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings

Sunday Mirror

Fans rate this deeply emotional read her best novel yet

Sunday Post

A journey through the stages of life and love that will make you laugh out loud

Woman's Weekly

Praise for Hilary Boyd

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A smart emotional drama, you will race through this

Sunday Mirror

A warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life

Daily Telegraph

Boyd gets under the skin of her characters to show that falling in love isn't limited to the young

Sunday Express

Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes

Daily Mail

Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships

Woman & Home

Boyd is the mistress of the multi-layered story

My Weekly

I was ripping through this book . . . addictive

Evening Standard

Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller

Closer