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  • Published: 7 March 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241525050
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $32.99
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The Pink House





Get ready to fall in love with THE PINK HOUSE - home of the new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Catherine Alliott

Emma and Hugh have a dilemma. Hugh's parents have divorced and neither wants the Pink House - the family home he grew up in. If they take it on, they must also accept all that comes with it, including Hugh's sister Sally, living in the garden cottage; playing host to their son's wedding; converting the barn into an art gallery.
Then Emma runs into Rory McCloud - the one who got away so many years ago. Suddenly, she's wondering what might have been.
A big move can change so much, but for Emma could it change everything?

  • Published: 7 March 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241525050
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $32.99
Categories:

About the author

Catherine Alliott

Catherine Alliott started her first novel under the desk when she worked as an advertising copywriter. She was duly fired. With time on her hands she persevereed with the novels, which happily flourished. In the early days, she produced a baby with each book, but after three stuck to the writing as it was less painful. She writes with the nearest pen in exercise books, either in the garden or on a sofa. Home is a rural spot on the Herts/Bucks borders which she shares with her family and a menagerie of horses, cows, chickens and dogs, which at the last count totalled thirty-four beating hearts, including her husband. Some of her household have walk-on parts in her novels, but only the chickens would probably recognise themselves. The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton is her tenth book and first for Penguin.

Additional information:
- She's scared of computers.
- She's hopeless at reversing but always leaves a note.
- She's better than she looks at tennis.

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Praise for The Pink House

I've always been a Catherine Alliott fan, and this was an absolute joy. A delicious tangle of secrets and hidden desire. Alliott's heroines are always a delight - like Bridget Jones' posher cousin: a bit dizzy, but with a huge heart and a strong sense of what's right and what's important. And in this case, that's family. A complicated, messy, imperfect family and all the baggage that brings, all playing out in the most gorgeous setting. How I longed to live in the Pink House! It's a modern fairy tale of mistakes and the lengths we go to to pretend everything is perfect: wise, funny, glamorously chaotic and achingly romantic.

VERONICA HENRY

A great family drama

Woman & Home

Another fantastic family drama with superb characterisation from this much-loved author

Woman's Weekly

A joyful read about love and new starts

The Sun

Stepping into the world of The Pink House is like getting home and discovering someone has already run a hot, bubbly bath for you after a hard day's work. Emma and Hugh's story is intriguing and twisty. They've been married for what feels like forever and it's been mostly...well...okay. The children are great but they're independent now, and the chance to relocate to Hugh's idyllic family home in the country is too difficult for Emma to resist. What follows is a voyage of discovery for them all that turns Emma's largely contented life upside down. A kaleidoscope of family complications tends to threaten Emma's equilibrium but nothing daunted, she breezes forward and gets right on with socking it to them all. I adored every moment of this blissful book!

CELIA ANDERSON

This deeply satisfying read brings Emma's desirable world to life and will keep you guessing until the end

Daily Express

Praise for Catherine Alliott

Warm, witty and wise

Daily Mail

A huge treat. Hilarious yet poignant

Sophie Kinsella

Her writing is both intelligent and sparkling

Marian Keyes

Hilarious and full of surprises

Daily Telegraph