PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Charlotte Colbert is nine years past the most traumatic thing that ever happened to her, but as the anniversary looms there is unwelcome interest in the events of that Christmas Eve night when her graduate school was attacked and she was one of the only survivors. She's worked hard to put it behind her, with a demanding job, a very well-connected fiance – and a head full of secrets. Split between the present and the past, this is a twisty and complex story which only slowly reveals the truth of that night – and the truth of course, is a slippery beast that Charlie cannot control… Lindy
Jenny Hollander is a writer and editor from London. A graduate of Leeds University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, her work has been published in ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Bustle, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, and more. She spent ten years in New York, where she worked as a senior editor for Bustle and the deputy editor at Marie Claire. Now the digital director for Marie Claire, she lives in London with her husband and their rescue dog, Captain. She's a fierce advocate for dyspraxia, which she was diagnosed with when she was nine.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Charlotte Colbert is nine years past the most traumatic thing that ever happened to her, but as the anniversary looms there is unwelcome interest in the events of that Christmas Eve night when her graduate school was attacked and she was one of the only survivors. She's worked hard to put it behind her, with a demanding job, a very well-connected fiance – and a head full of secrets. Split between the present and the past, this is a twisty and complex story which only slowly reveals the truth of that night – and the truth of course, is a slippery beast that Charlie cannot control… Lindy
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