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The Fall and Rise of Sadie McQueen

By: Juliet Ashton
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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This is a novel about community, love, laughter and healing. Think Cold Feet meets David Nicholls, with a dash of the joy of Jill Mansell added for good measure.

It doesn't look like much from the outside, but Cherry Blossom Mews is a miraculous place. It's somewhere that finds you, rather than the other way around.

Sadie McQueen has leased a double fronted space in this small cul de sac in a culturally diverse corner of central London. The cobbles muffle the noise of double-deckers roaring past the arched gates. Turn right and you are in a futuristic maze of corporate glass monoliths. Turn left and you see a wide street with many different houses. Towering above the mews are the degenerating tower blocks of an infamous estate. The old folks home and the nearby school are both in need of TLC; the private members' club that set up shop in a listed Georgian building has been discreetly refurbished at huge expense.

Into this confusion comes Sadie. She fell in love with the street the moment she first twisted her ankle on its cobbles. Her double-fronted unit is now a spa. She has sunk all her money into the lease and refurbishment. She's sunk all her hope into the carefully designed treatment rooms, the calm white reception space, the bijou flat carved out of the floor above.

Sadie has a mission to connect. To heal herself from tragedy. Sadie has wrapped the mews around her like a warm blanket, after unimaginable loss and unimaginable guilt. Her hard-won peace is threatened, not only by the prospect of the mews going under but by a man aptly named Hero who wakes up her comatose heart. 
Sadie has a lot to give, and a lot to learn, not least that some ghosts aren't ghosts at all.

©2019 Juliet Ashton (P)2019 Simon & Schuster UK
Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt Feel-Good
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Something for everyone, highly recommended about the lives of the residents of a mews and the glue that binds them together. Centres primarily around the character of Sadie, her story and the roller coaster of emotions she experiences.

Loved it!

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Was hooked from the start! .. Can’t wait for her next one .. please please hurry up!

Amazing book

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Thoroughly enjoyed this surprising story. Lots of unexpected little twists and turns. Want to read more by this author.

Lovely story

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At first I really couldn’t bear the narrator - especially some of the characters’ voices. However, as I’d bought this as part of a 2 for 1 deal and really wanted the other book, I stuck it out and was so glad I did. The story swerved unexpectedly and I ended up glued to my headphones wanting to know what was going to happen next. An entertaining listen.

Great story - glad I stuck with it!

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I’m sorry I loved her other book but skipped most of chapters to the end.

Repetitive

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