Lullaby Beach

Stella Duffy

From Shelf: Bookshelfie: Deborah Frances-White

A compelling novel about family secrets and the legacy of trauma, set against the changing fortunes of an English seaside town, from award-winning writer Stella Duffy.

'Faultless storytelling . . . Wise, generous, atmospheric' ObserverGrowing up after the war in Westmere, an English seaside town, Kitty has been sheltered by her parents, but meeting Danny changes all of that. She decides to leave everyone and everything she knows to follow Danny to London, in pursuit of glamour and opportunity, and this sets in motion a series of events that will echo down the generations. Over fifty years later, when Kitty's body is found in her beach hut with a suicide note by her side, her great-niece will help to unravel all the secrets which the family has kept hidden over the decades.'Explores familial legacy, generational secrets and the effects of long-lasting trauma with a distinct tenderness' New Statesman'A portrait of sisterhood . . . powerful' Daily Mail'A writer who never lets you down' Ali Smith