PRE-ORDER A SIGNED HARBDACK OF VITA AND THE BIRDS, EXCLUSIVE TO THE HALESWORTH BOOKSHOP
The Halesworth Bookshop are delighted to offer a signed hardback edition of local author Polly Crosby’s new historical novel Vita and the Birds. This haunting mystery exposes family secrets, reveals a heart-breaking love story and explores what it means to be free.
For all copies pre-ordered by 24th May, a beautiful bookplate, designed by the author, will be signed (and dedicated if you’d like!) and sent direct to your home ready to include in your hardback edition.
To pre-order your copy, for £16.99 call or email Abbie at the Book Shop on 01986 873840 or halesworthbookshop@gmail.com.
More about Vita and the Birds:
1938: Lady Vita Goldsborough lives in the shadow of her controlling older brother, Aubrey. Trapped and isolated on the East Anglian coast, Vita takes solace in watching the birds that fly over the marshes. But then she meets local artist Dodie Blakeney. The two women form a close bond, and Vita finally glimpses a chance to escape Aubrey’s grasp and be as free as the birds she loves.
1997: Decades later and in the wake of her mother’s death, Eve Blakeney returns to the coast where she spent childhood summers with her beloved grandmother, Dodie. Eve hopes the visit will help make sense of her grief. The last thing she expects to find is a bundle of letters that hint at the heart-breaking story of Dodie’s relationship with a woman named Vita.
Eve and Vita’s stories are linked by a shattering secret that echoes through the decades, and when Eve discovers the truth, it will overturn everything she thought she knew about her family – and change her life forever.
