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The Late Bloomer

Name: The Late Bloomer
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SKU: 9781399758000
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A coming-of-middle age novel

By Jenny Colgan

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On the day that Kirsty's children leave home, her husband also walks out. And so she stands at a crossroads in her life. In the tiny seaside village of Blairmoor where she lives, there's about to be a wedding. Every spare bed will be taken up,... Read More

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On the day that Kirsty's children leave home, her husband also walks out. And so she stands at a crossroads in her life.

In the tiny seaside village of Blairmoor where she lives, there's about to be a wedding. Every spare bed will be taken up, including her own.

Hour by hour, on one hot midsummer's evening, Kirsty rediscovers her own dreams and desires and the most surprising, heart-rending love story unfolds...

You think you know Jenny Colgan. Think again.

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ISBN: 9781399758000

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 June 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton

Illustration: N/A

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novels and has won various awards for her writing, including the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award and the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award. Her books have sold more than fifteen million copies worldwide and have been published in thirty-six territories, and in 2015 she was inducted into the Love Stories Hall of Fame. Jenny is married with three children and lives in Scotland.

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