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Consider The Lily
- Author
- Elizabeth Buchan
- Narrator
- Anna Cordell
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 30 March 2023
- Run Time
- 16 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fiction
What to expect
Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister's wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family's decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other.
When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate's garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamt.
A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world.
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Details
- Author
- Elizabeth Buchan
- Narrator
- Anna Cordell
- Duration
- 16 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 March 2023
- ISBN
- 9781004103249
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction
Synopsis
When a choice must be made between love and duty, solace comes in unexpected forms...Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister's wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family's decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other.When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate's garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamt.A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world.
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