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The Olive Tree

By Lucinda Riley
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Helena returns to the crumbling holiday home 'Pandora' in Cyprus, a place steeped in nostalgia and secrets. As she spends the summer there with her family, past loves and hidden truths begin to surface, threatening to unravel the life she has built with her husband and son. Amid the sun-drenched beauty of the island, mother and son face emotional challenges and revelations that will change them forever.
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This novel is perfect for fans of emotional and atmospheric romance set against exotic backgrounds, and readers who appreciate complex family dynamics and secrets unfolding across generations. It will especially appeal to admirers of Lucinda Riley’s previous bestselling works.

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A stunning contemporary novel from the top ten Sunday Times bestselling author, Lucinda Riley.

From the #1 Australian and New Zealand bestselling author, Lucinda Riley.

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It is said that anyone who comes to stay at Pandora for the first time will fall in love...

It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, Pandora, is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family.

Yet, as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora, she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William, her husband, and Alex, her son. At the difficult age of thirteen, Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother and growing up. Equally, he is desperate to learn the truth about his real father...

When, by chance, Helena meets her childhood sweetheart, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past and present collide. Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same once Pandora's secrets have been revealed...

The Olive Tree is the number one international bestseller from Lucinda Riley, author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series.

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The Olive Tree has been praised for its vibrant setting and emotional depth. Veronica Henry of the Daily Express commends the book for whisking readers away to Cyprus’s glorious sunshine. The Lancashire Evening Post describes it as a dazzling contemporary novel full of colour, atmosphere, and gripping family drama. Lucinda Riley’s masterful storytelling and insightful character portrayals shine through, keeping readers riveted from start to finish.

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ISBN: 9781509824755

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 37.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 429g

Pages: 608

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About the Author

Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with all cultures around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series. Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year - an award last won by J K Rowling for Harry Potter. In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised a series of books for children called 'The Guardian Angels' series, based on stories told to her children whenever they were facing a challenging situation. Harry then wrote the books, and they are now being published internationally. Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written. Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on June 11th 2021, surrounded by her family.

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