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Letters From the Past: The bestselling family drama of secrets and second chances Paperback – 14 April 2020

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A sweeping story of family, love and betrayal set in a quintessential Suffolk village, from bestselling author Erica James

With its winding high street lined with a greengrocers, post office, pub and church, Melstead St Mary is the perfect English village. Neighbours look out for neighbours, and few things trouble the serene surface of the community.

But when residents start to receive anonymous letters containing secret information about their pasts - secrets that no one else is meant to know - life in Melstead St Mary is about to change, possibly forever...

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Readers are enchanted by Erica's sweeping novels...

'A glorious summer story which sizzles with passion: idyllic location, compelling characters and lives so interwoven that their secrets have the power to change everything. I wanted it to go on forever'

Cathy Bramley

'Joyously readable'

Woman & Home

'The setting is almost a character in itself in this evocative tale of tears and laughter'

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'Erica James offers glorious escapism set in a house to die for'

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'Full of warmth and appeal'

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'A captivating read: beautifully written and heartrendingly sad'

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'Absorbing and uplifting'

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Publisher : Orion; 1st edition (14 April 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 1409173860
ISBN-13 : 978-1409173861
Dimensions : 15.2 x 4.2 x 23.2 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 97,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1,969 in 20th Century Historical Romance (Books)
- 2,513 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Books)
- 8,529 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction

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A glorious summer story which sizzles with passion; idyllic location, compelling characters and lives so interwoven, that their secrets have the power to change everything. I wanted it to go on forever -- Cathy Bramley

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Gill Brown

Very enjoyable.

Reviewed in Australia on 6 June 2020

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This was a really good family saga, I didn’t realise until I started reading it that it was the sequel to Coming Home to Island House. It was great the way everything came together.

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Susan Whitaker

Complex characters in a subtle mystery makes compelling listening

Reviewed in Australia on 22 December 2020

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Really enjoyed the audio version - although handy to have the book close by in order to refresh, at least initially, how the many characters are connected to each other! Jemma Redgrave’s reading superbly matches the tone & context of the story - which I found quite riveting!

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lily

Persevere, it's worth it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2020

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I would urge anyone who reads this book not to give up (as I very nearly did)!
The start was so bogged down with explaining who everyone was and how they are connected to everyone else - maybe it is just me but I found it terribly confusing. To be honest, none of that was necessary to the enjoyment of the book, I finally just worked out who was married to who/who was a child or a sibling etc. The rest of the characters, who were either dead or didn't appear in the book to any great extent, didn't then matter. It was also irrelevant to the enjoyment that it was a follow-on book - I can't actually remember anything about the previous one although I have read it.

Apart from that issue, it's a great book with pleasant, interesting characters. Erica James is one of my "go to" authors and she didn't disappoint with this.

21 people found this helpful

JOY KINGSTON

Letters from the past

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2020

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Not one of her best .Too many characters and not easy to follow. I found it difficult to get into .

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I am sure the recipient will be pleased with the book. It arrived promptly in good condition.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2020

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Usually I cannot pug books by Erica James down but this one was different. It took me 30 to 40 chapters before I got into the story and even then I kept getting muddled up who all the characters were but that could be my age! I also did not like the character name Red St Clair as it sounded so corny and reminded me of a Mills & Boon novel. Having said all that in the end I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it

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Helen Hughes

Slow starter!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 July 2020

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Haven't quite finished this book and almost gave up! I am a big Erica James fan but was disappointed with the first part. There were lots of characters introduced very quickly and sometimes I lost track of their relationship s to each other. It felt as if so much time was spent introducing characters that nothing much was happening. I'm glad I persevered though as it turned out to be a good story.

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Mrs Mac

Awful!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2020

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Awful book and I usually enjoy Erica James. 16 characters introduced in the first 50 pages, far too much back story and too much jumping around, and far too many characters with amazing back stories.....just not believable. Many characters were just caricatures or cliches with no real depth. She writes about the 1960s like they’re living in grand houses in the 1930s. Very gushy on the romance side - more Barbara Cartland than Erica James. Pass the bucket. Disappointing and I gave up halfway through - life is too short for bad books and I really couldn’t be bothered with any of the characters.

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