KlappentextNatasha Stoneleigh's marriage is hanging by a thread when her husband Rob books a make-or-break family holiday to the Maldives. With their two year old daughter Mabel splashing in the surf and the problems back home feeling far away, paradise works its magic and by the week's end, they've decided on ?make'. The only fly in the ointment is when Mabel's beloved toy Moola is left behind somewhere on their stopover in Amsterdam.
Back home in the Cotswolds and with Mabel unable to settle, Natasha posts a Missing plea online which is shared far and wide. It's an act of desperation, but to her amazement, she receives a bemused email. The good news is a man called Duffy found Moola and picked her up in Amsterdam as a lucky mascot. The bad news is he's travelling in a remote part of Asia, with no way of sending her back soon. However, when he hears of Mabel's distress, he offers, by way of compromise, to send over daily pictures showing Moola on her adventures.
The plan works and Mabel is instantly soothed to see her beloved toy waving at her from exciting places each day. Natasha too gets drawn in to this stranger's world, so different from her own, and before long, she's looking forward to the daily communiqué as much as her child. Their penpal is witty, warm and wise and sometimes she feels he understands her better than the man sleeping beside her. But as the weeks pass and Duffy heads deeper into the mountains of Nepal, Natasha begins to notice a change in him. Then one day, he doesn't write. Nor the next . . .
Is Moola lost to them? Is he? Because too late, Natasha begins to wonder why Duffy had needed a lucky mascot in the first place.
Résumé'Feel good stories to curl up with over Christmas . . . Escapist romance at its best' - Heat Magazine
Set in a snow-covered Cotswolds village, The Christmas Postcards is a cosy, escapist festive delight about distant connections from Sunday Times bestselling author of The Stolen Hours, Karen Swan.
'A romance you won´t be able to put down' - Metro
The right words can change everything . . .
It had been a make-or-break winter holiday for their marriage, but Natasha and Rob´s rekindled romance is short-lived when their daughter´s beloved soft toy disappears on the journey home. As Natasha comforts her distraught child, she turns to social media for help. Miraculously, the toy is found, but it has become the lucky mascot of a man named Duffy, who is thousands of miles away trekking in Nepal.
When Duffy promises to keep Natasha updated with pictures, a correspondence begins that soon becomes more meaningful. Sometimes, Natasha feels this stranger half way across the world understands her more than the man lying next to her.
But as the weeks pass and Duffy heads deeper into the mountains, Natasha notices a change in him. Then, one day, the messages stop. Too late, Natasha wonders why he had ever needed a lucky mascot at all . . .
'The queen of destination fiction' - Woman & Home
Readers are falling in love with The Christmas Postcards . . .
'I was enthralled from the first pages' - 5* reader review
'Definitely my favourite Karen Swan book so far' - 5* reader review
'The story gripped me right from the start and still hasn't let me go' - 5* reader review
'I read this in two sittings, I literally didn't want to put the book down' - 5* reader review
'Addictive reading' - 5* reader review
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5290-8425-2
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartonierter Einband
FormatB-Format Paperback (UK)
ProduktionslandVereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum27.10.2022
Seiten480 pages
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 131 mm, Höhe 197 mm, Dicke 30 mm
Gewicht376 g
Verlagsartikel-Nr.94287
BZ-Nr.38461040
