Mute Swans: A hauntingly beautiful exploration of love, loss and second chances
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"A thoughtful, emotional read with strong, interesting characters." - LoveReading
"Mute Swans is a moving family drama with captivating plot twists." - Bookbrowse
"A story that pulls you in and won't let go, even after you've turned the last page." - Peter Benson, author of The Levels
Perfect for readers of Anne Tyler, Joanna Trollope, and Rachel Joyce.
Has an uncovered past made their future uncertain?
When Miriam is handed her mother's memory journal, she expects a quiet keepsake of the past. Instead, its pages begin to unravel the romantic myth of her parents' marriage-and expose the cracks in her own.
As her mother's dementia deepens, Miriam is forced to confront a history she thought she knew. Long-buried family secrets begin to surface, stretching back decades, reaching from a runaway sister in the swinging sixties to choices that continue to shape the lives of those she loves.
Trapped in the suffocating silence of a failing marriage to her rigid husband, Michael, Miriam finds herself questioning everything she once believed about love, loyalty, and family. Then a chance encounter offers something she thought she had lost forever: a genuine connection and the fragile possibility of a second chance.
But moving forward means finding the courage to dismantle the past.
Spanning generations between the coast of Devon and the vibrant streets of Brighton, Mute Swans is a deeply moving, richly layered novel about family secrets, later-in-life love, and the quiet courage it takes to change the course of a life.
This unflinching yet compassionate story contains realistic depictions of complex adult themes-from the painful pressures of youth to the stark intimacy of a fracturing marriage.
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