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Palm Meridian

The escapist and page-turning read for the summer
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'A masterful love story' Nicola Dinan 'Very special' Laura Kay 'Wildly entertaining, lovingly written' Jess Kidd 'Rib-achingly funny' Curtis Garner 'Delicious' Lily Lindon 'A firecracker of a book' Emma Morgan 'Achingly funny and utterly heartrending' Sara Nisha Adams -- A long-lost love. An end-of-life party. One... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A long-lost love. An end-of-life party. One last chance to change everything . . . Grace & Frankie meets The Notebook in this rollicking, big-hearted story of love, friendship and a life well-lived, set at a retirement resort for queer women in 2067, Florida, on the last day of resident Hannah Cardin's life.

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'A masterful love story' Nicola Dinan

'Very special' Laura Kay

'Wildly entertaining, lovingly written' Jess Kidd

'Rib-achingly funny' Curtis Garner

'Delicious' Lily Lindon

'A firecracker of a book' Emma Morgan

'Achingly funny and utterly heartrending' Sara Nisha Adams

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A long-lost love. An end-of-life party. One last chance to change everything . . .

It's 2067 at Palm Meridian Retirement Resort, Florida, and the last day of Hannah's life. Tomorrow, as the sun burns the dew off the lawns, she'll close her eyes for the very last time.

But she won't be going quietly. Tonight, Hannah's throwing an end-of-life party: the drinks are on ice, and the palm trees are strung with lights beneath technicolour skies. And though Hannah has less than twenty-four hours left, she's holding out for one last, impossible thing...

Amongst the guest list is Hannah's long-lost love Sophieβ€”the woman who Hannah can't forget, even after forty years. Hannah has to give her greatest love one last try.

Soon, the party is in full swing. Hannah waits nervously, unaware that before her last ever dawn breaks, a devastating secret will come to light. If Sophie shows, how can Hannah say goodbye all over again? And is there enough time to fix the past?

Brimming with heart, and just as hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Palm Meridian is a one-of-a kind novel that will stay with you forever. Grace & Frankie meets The Notebook, for fans of Malibu Rising, this bittersweet novel affirms that life is what we choose to make of it, and any story can be a love story, if you let it.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408748893

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Renegade Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Grace Flahive was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She studied English Literature at McGill University in Montreal before moving to London in 2014, where she's lived ever since. Palm Meridian is her debut novel.

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