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The Memory Library by Kate Storey

The Memory Library

A brand new, must-read novel of family, friendship and the power of storytelling to leave you feeling hopeful and inspired in 2024

by Kate Storey

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  • Dec 3, 2024, 336 pages
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Journey through the pages of this heartwarming novel, where hope, friendship and second chances are written in the margins. Perfect for book lovers everywhere and fans of Sally Page's The Keeper of Stories.

For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library.

Each year, on her daughter's birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work.

But Ella – Sally's only child – fled to Australia twenty-one years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back. And though Sally still dutifully adds a new paperback to the shelves every time the clock strikes midnight on July 11th, her hopes of her daughter ever thumbing through the pages are starting to dwindle.

Then disaster strikes and Ella is forced to return to the home she once knew.

She is soon to discover that when one chapter ends, another will soon follow.

All you have to do is turn the page…

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'A gorgeous novel that pairs my (and many people's) perennial love for books about books with themes of family – and just how complex they can be.' —Platinum

'A lovely story that celebrates books, family and kindness. Touching and beautiful.' —Hazel Prior, bestselling author of Away with the Penguins

'The Memory Library is so joyful. Kate Storey writes from the heart and the gut about mistakes and how we can learn from them. Great characters and a truly heartwarming story – I loved it!' —Laura Pearson, author of #1 Kindle bestseller The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

'An utterly gorgeous page turner about the power of books, family and forgiveness.' —Phaedra Patrick, The Library of Lost and Found

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Kate Storey

Kate Storey started her career teaching English and Drama, and when she had her family, combined all three to write novels about family drama. Originally from Yorkshire, she now lives in a London suburb with her husband and two teenage daughters, so expects there's plenty more drama to come.

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