The Promise
by Lucy Diamond
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Pub Date Jun 10 2021 | Archive Date Jun 25 2021
Pan Macmillan | Pan
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Description
An incredibly moving novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Diamond. A book to break your heart and put it back together again.
When Patrick Sheppard suddenly and tragically dies, he leaves behind a family in pieces. Zoe has lost the love of her life. Ethan, Gabe and Beatrice have lost their larger-than-life dad. There's a hole where Patrick should be and none of them can see a way forward.
For Patrick's brother Dan, his mission is clear. He needs to help the Sheppards to find some sort of happy again and he makes a promise to himself to try and come close to the man Patrick was. But as he immerses himself in the frantic school run, dishing up tea and sorting the bills, Dan begins to see he might not have known the man Patrick really was, underneath it all. His brother was keeping secrets.
Juggling his heartbroken family and the catastrophic truth that could break them all over again, Dan has to face what he's been keeping from himself all this time: what really happened on the night that Patrick died.
Author Bio:
Lucy Diamond grew up in Nottingham, England and went to university in Leeds where she studied English Literature. After graduating, she worked in publishing and at the BBC, and in her spare time she began writing children's books under a number of different pen names.
Now the author of nineteen novels, Lucy writes with warmth and honesty about the joy and surprises, as well as the complications, that love, family and friendships can bring. She lives in Bath with her husband and three children and writes fulltime.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781529027044 |
PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 480 |
Featured Reviews
There is a lot to unpack in this book, as it deals with unexpected loss, grief, guilt, infidelity and family secrets. After Patrick Sheppard dies suddenly his brother Dan is determined to help his sister in law Zoe deal with the aftermath of his death. But Dan can't seem to do right for doing wrong with Zoe or her kids and finds his motives questioned, and is constantly having to say he's sorry.