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Reluctantly Home Kindle Edition
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From the bestselling author of Where the Story Starts comes a tale about dealing with the past—and finally facing the future.
Pip Appleby seems to have it all, with her prestigious job as a human rights lawyer and her enviable London home. But then a tragic accident stops her life in its tracks, and in an instant everything changes. Retreating to her family’s rural farm and the humble origins she has been trying to hide, Pip is haunted by what she has done.
When she discovers the diary of actress Evelyn Mountcastle in a box of old books, Pip revels in the opportunity to lose herself in someone else’s life rather than focus on the disaster that is her own. But soon she sees parallels—Evelyn’s life was also beset by tragedy, and, like Pip, she returned to Southwold under a dark cloud.
When Pip and Evelyn’s paths cross in real life they slowly begin to reveal the hidden stories that are holding them back. Can they help each other forgive what happened in the past and, perhaps, find happiness in the future?
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherLake Union Publishing
- Publication date29 April 2021
- File size2512 KB
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About the Author
Imogen Clark lives in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and children. Her first burning ambition was to be a solicitor and so she read law at Manchester University and then worked for many years at a commercial law firm. After leaving her legal career behind to care for her four children, Imogen turned to her second love—books. She returned to university, studying part-time while the children were at school, and was awarded a BA in English Literature with first class honours.
Her first three novels, Postcards from a Stranger, The Thing About Clare and Where the Story Starts, have all reached the number 1 spot in the UK Kindle charts, and her books have been number 1 in Australia and Germany as well. She is also the author of a Christmas novella, Postcards at Christmas, which is a sequel to Postcards from a Stranger.
Imogen loves sunshine and travel and longs to live by the sea someday.
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"Connected by loss, a friendship blooms across the generations in this compassionate and nuanced story of endings and new beginnings." --Fiona Valpy, bestselling author of The Skylark's Secret
"Imogen Clark is a master at creating flawed, real, loveable characters and exploring their emotions. This novel cleverly weaves together the past and present, and will leave you thinking about the story long after you finish the final page." --Soraya M. Lane, bestselling author of Wives of War and The Last Correspondent
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- ASIN : B08BL81X9Q
- Publisher : Lake Union Publishing (29 April 2021)
- Language : English
- File size : 2512 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 322 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1542021200
- Best Sellers Rank: 849 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

MILLION copy selling author Imogen Clark writes contemporary fiction about families and secrets. Her books have topped the Amazon kindle chart eight times and Where the Story Starts was shortlisted in the UK for Contemporary Romantic Novel of the year 2020.
Imogen initially qualified as a lawyer but after leaving her legal career behind to care for her four children, she returned to her first love - books. She went back to University, studying English Literature part-time whilst the children were at school. It was a short step from there to writing novels.
Imogen’s great love is travel and she is always planning her next adventure. She lives in Yorkshire with her husband and children.
If you’d like to connect then please visit her website at www.imogenclark.com where you can sign up to her monthly newsletter. Imogen can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as Imogen Clark Author.
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Imogen Clark writes well, starting with a slow build before creating an interesting story of parallels. Reluctantly Home's main theme revolves around trust. It also addresses healing, connecting and change, as both characters have encountered tragedy. Further, the two women find they have both reached a stalemate in their lives, where they are blocked from moving forward and can’t seem to break free from their self imposed, emotional prisons cells. Can their chance meeting supply the support needed to view life from different perspectives and the keys to unlock their chains? The premise is intriguing and the plot has a mix of sentimental and realistic outcomes. Certainly, the conclusion is quite a realistic one.
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The writing style is awful beyond the power of polite prose to convey. The author must think the reading public are morons. There's accessible and there's patronising. Simple language can be beautiful, especially where the light surface covers a deeper profundity; not the case here at all. Not only is the language over-simple and without charm or nuance, but the author feels the need to explain again even simple sentences a child might grasp with ease.
Do yourself a favour: avoid this and read an author who will treat you like an intelligent adult.



It is a book about life’s experience and the way in which people deal with the hand they have been dealt. It is very empathetic to the trauma suffered by the characters. The author has a great deal of insight into her storyline and a delightful way of telling the tale. A nice happy ending too.
