The Stargazers

The utterly engaging story of a house, a family, and the hidden secrets that change lives forever

Author: Harriet Evans

The dark, dramatic and compelling new novel from the Sunday Times Top Five bestselling author - for fans of Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley

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Summary

The dark, dramatic and compelling new novel from the Sunday Times Top Five bestselling author - for fans of Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley

Description

Sunday Times Top 5 bestselling author Harriet Evans returns with an unputdownable tale of the infinite possibilities of familes - how they can anchor you or unseat you - and why unconditional love holds the key to true freedom. A must-read for lovers of Kate Morton, Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore.

How can you ever know yourself when you were deprived of love as a child?

It's the 1970s, and Sarah has spent a lifetime trying to bury her disjointed childhood, the loneliness of her school days, and Fane, the vast and crumbling family home so loved - and hated - by her mother, Iris, a woman as cruel as she is beautiful. Sarah's solace has been her cello and the music that allowed her to dream, transporting her from the bleakness of those early years to a new life now with Daniel, her husband, in their noisy Hampstead home surrounded by bohemian friends and with a concert career that has brought her fame and restored a sense of self.

The past, though, has a habit of creeping into the present, and as long as Sarah tries to escape, it seems the pull of Fane, her mother, and the secrets of the generations hidden there, are slowly being revealed, threatening to unravel the fragile happiness she enjoys in the here and now. Sarah will need to travel back to Fane to confront her childhood and search for the true meaning of home.

Deliciously absorbing and rich with character and atmosphere, The Stargazers is the story of a house, a family, and the legacies of childhoods fractured through time and inheritance.

Readers love Harriet Evans' captivating and twisty stories . . .

'Bewitching, beguiling and utterly beautiful' VERONICA HENRY'

'Gorgeous, gothic and gripping' RED

''Taut as a drumskin and thrumming with tension' HEAT

'Rich and sweeping . . . dark and delicious' DAILY MAIL

Critic Reviews

Delightfully romantic and deliciously escapist Bookseller (Editor's Choice)
Immersive, engrossing and ultimately beautiful Marian Keyes
A boldly sombre atmosphere haunts the latest novel by Harriet Evans, the doyenne of [commercial fiction] Observer
The Stargazers is a gorgeously sweeping novel, so beautifully written, with characters - and an old stately home - that linger long after you turn the last page. I loved it Eve Chase
A crumbling stately home named Fane is among the evocative settings conjured up in this intricate, darkly romantic novel Mail on Sunday
The beguiling settings, the unforgettable characters and the thread of danger that runs through this brilliantly crafted plot sent it straight into my favourite books of all time. No one except Harriet Evans writes books like this anymore; The Stargazers is a work of genius and a future classic Jane Casey
A book to get truly lost in. A book that will capture your heart. Magical and transporting - I didn't want it to end Veronica Henry
Totally engaging, undeniably beautiful and unputdownable. With characters that will weave their way into your soul with a setting that captures the imagination, this is a story that is both heartbreaking and life-affirming in the best possible way Becky Hunter
A gripping, atmospheric, multi-layered epic to get lost in Good Housekeeping
An immersive, beautifully written family saga which already feels like a classic Red magazine

About the Author

Harriet Evans has sold over a million copies of her books. She is the author of thirteen bestselling novels, most recently The Beloved Girls, a Richard and Judy Book Club Selection and the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller The Garden of Lost and Found, which won Good Housekeeping's Book of the Year. She used to work in publishing and now writes full time, when not distracted by her children, other books, gardening, her jumpsuit collection and now star-gazing, having acquired a telescope whilst researching The Stargazers. She volunteers with Inspiring the Future, is an ambassador for the London Library and last year was elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors. She lives in the greatest city in the world (Bath) with her family.