Good morning everyone! My August reading subscription came whilst I was away and it sounds so good. I don’t think I’ve read anything by this author before either which is always exciting.
I managed to buy the little rainbow in the picture whilst on holiday and thought it was perfect for my blog. My seven year old daughter also loves it so I fear it might go missing soon. If this is the only picture it’s in then you’ll know that’s what happened 😂.
Huge thanks to my lovely friend @bringmerocks for gifting this to me. I always enjoy seeing what books I’ll get and I’ll miss it when it ends.
What are your weekend plans?
Book Synopsis:
The Earls of Trelawney have inhabited the same castle for 800 years – but recent generations have been better at spending than making money. Now living in isolated penury, unable to communicate with each other or the rest of the world, the family are running out of options. Three unexpected events will hasten their demise: the sudden appearance of a new relation, an illegitimate, headstrong, beautiful girl; an unscrupulous American hedge fund manager determined to exact revenge; and the crash of 2008.
Deliciously escapist and gloriously funny, House of Trelawney is a novel about family and forgiveness, chaos and crisis – and finding yourself in the most unexpected ways.
About The Author:
Hannah is an author who lives in London. She can’t walk past a bookshop or museum (or bakery) without going in. Most of the time, she tries to act normally most of the time.
Her first book, ‘The Baroness’ was about her great aunt, Nica who supported a generation of jazz musicians and loved one above all others: the late great Thelonious Monk.
Her first novel ‘The Improbability of Love’, a caper set in the art world featuring a talking painting and won the Everyman Bollinger PG Wodehouse prize for best comic novel in 2015 and was runner up to the Bailley’s Women Prize.
She followed this with ‘House of Trelawney’ the story of an aristocratic Cornish family fallen on hard times who get embroiled in the 2008 crash with disastrous consequences.
Her most recent book (published in June 2023 in the UK and July in the US is called ‘HIgh Time’ and follows a beautiful young woman who has lost everything- how low will she go to get even?
Her writing style has been compared to Evelyn Waugh, Nancy Mitford and Joanna Trollope.
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