Product Description
Saturdays at Noon
Author: Rachel Marks
Format: Paperback
An uplifting, emotional and unpredictable page-turner to make you smile
'Heart-breaking and full of hope' — Woman & Home
'Wonderful, compassionate, unpredictable' — GRAEME SIMSION, author of THE ROSIE PROJECT
'I genuinely couldn't recommend Saturdays At Noon enough' 5***** READER REVIEW
Emily Just Wants to Keep the World Away.
After getting into trouble yet again, she's agreed to attend anger management classes. But she refuses to share her deepest secrets with a room full of strangers.
Jake Just Wants to Keep His Family Together.
He'll do anything to save his marriage and bond with his six-year-old son, Alfie. But when he's paired with spiky Emily, he wonders whether opening up will do more harm than good.
The two of them couldn't be more different. Yet when Alfie, who never likes strangers, meets Emily, something extraordinary happens.
Could One Small Boy Change Everything?
'Totally loveable and completely unforgettable' — Claire Pooley
'I loved this book' — Katie Fforde
Readers LOVE Saturdays at Noon . . .
'Such a special book . . . the characters jump off the page and pull you immediately into their world' 5***** Reader Review
'This book was FANTASTIC. When I wasn't reading it I couldn't stop thinking about it' 5***** Reader Review
'Outstanding. I have goosebumps typing this review . . . The story telling is the best I have read in a long time' 5***** Reader Review
Longlisted for the Guardian's 'Not The Booker' prize!
About the Author
Rachel Marks studied English at Exeter University before becoming a primary school teacher. Despite always loving to write, it wasn't until she gained a place on the 2016 Curtis Brown Creative online novel writing course that she started to believe it could be anything more than a much-loved hobby. She lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and their three children. Hello Stranger is her third novel.
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