The Forever Home

Hope Hall was once a grand country house in the Cambridgeshire countryside. Now it is divided into handsome apartments, and when Cassie and Nina move in as neighbours, friendship comes quickly. Each is carrying something. Cassie is happily in love with Ben, yet her first marriage still casts a long shadow. Nina, widowed, faces a decision that will break her mother-in-law's heart. Then there is Venetia, a spirited seventy-nine-year-old who keeps her secrets close, one of them tucked in her handbag, and whose own bittersweet history with the house gradually comes to light.

Erica James, a Sunday Times bestselling author, writes about family, friendship and the weight of the past with warmth and a wry eye. This is a gentle, generous novel for anyone who believes it is never too late to start again.