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'These two feisty and funny women stole my heart... Perfect for bookclubs.'
Faith HoganTwo women. A community under threat. Can they save their home?In the peaceful Worcestershire village of Stonecastle, Matilda Reynolds lives a quiet, contented life with her animals for company. Then a fall lands her in hospital, and she must rely on her strange young neighbour, Connie, for help looking after her home.
Connie is coming to terms with her own trauma, and she doesn't trust easily. But just as the two women embark on an unlikely friendship, the community that brought them together comes under threat.
As they fight to save their beloved estate from a greedy developer, Connie and Matilda discover they have more in common than they thought...
'An uplifting novel about the power of community and the human spirit.'
Clare Swatman'I really rooted for Connie and Matilda. Both women are vulnerable in some way and Victoria writes so sensitively about this. A beautiful, poignant read.'
Rebecca Ryan
About the author
Victoria Scott has been a journalist for almost two decades, working for a wide variety of outlets including the BBC, Al Jazeera,
Time Out,
Doha News and the
Telegraph, and she is also a Faber Academy graduate. She lives near London with her husband and two children, and works as a freelance journalist, media trainer and journalism tutor. Her first novel,
Patience, was the Booksellers Association Book of the Month and LoveReading Debut of the Month.
Summary
'These two feisty and funny women stole my heart... Perfect for bookclubs.' Faith Hogan
Two women. A community under threat. Can they save their home?
In the peaceful Worcestershire village of Stonecastle, Matilda Reynolds lives a quiet, contented life with her animals for company. Then a fall lands her in hospital, and she must rely on her strange young neighbour, Connie, for help looking after her home.
Connie is coming to terms with her own trauma, and she doesn't trust easily. But just as the two women embark on an unlikely friendship, the community that brought them together comes under threat.
As they fight to save their beloved estate from a greedy developer, Connie and Matilda discover they have more in common than they thought...
'An uplifting novel about the power of community and the human spirit.' Clare Swatman
'I really rooted for Connie and Matilda. Both women are vulnerable in some way and Victoria writes so sensitively about this. A beautiful, poignant read.' Rebecca Ryan
Foreword
Smart and emotional 'uplit'/women's fiction from the author of Patience and Grace.
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Praise for Victoria Scott:
'Inspired by truth, Patience and her family come alive on the pages. I felt every single emotion with them' Alice Peterson, author of Monday to Friday Man.
'An extraordinary novel about love and hope and family and what happens in the space between the words. I adored it' Kirsten Hesketh, author of Another Us.
'An eye-opening, sincere and beautiful debut. A really special novel that I suspect will have a tangible effect on readers' NB Magazine.
'Absorbing, poignant story of a family's emotional rollercoaster in the aftermath of participating in a risky medical trial' LoveReading
'Beautiful... Heart-wrenching. A wonderful gem of a book.' Eve Ainsworth, author of Duckling
'Warm and real and heart-breaking all at the same time. I loved it.' Clare Swatman
Praise for The Women Who Wouldn't Leave:
'A lovely book about two feisty and at times funny women, who stole my heart and had me rooting for them from the very beginning. A heartwarming, uplifting read that would be perfect for book clubs or just curling up with in the garden on a sunny afternoon. Utterly, utterly fabulous!!!' Faith Hogan
'An uplifting novel about the power of community and the human spirit, filled with warm, believable characters' Clare Swatman
