The Sea Gate

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Author: Jane Johnson

Category: Other2

Published: 2020

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'A beautifully written and intriguing story that stayed with me long after I had turned the last page' Santa Montefiore. "I need your help getting Chynalls in order so I can stay in my own house. Come down right away!" After the death of her mother, Rebecca begins the sad task of sorting through her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds an envelope post-marked from Cornwall. In it is a letter that will change her life forever. A desperate plea from her mother's elderly cousin, Olivia, to help save her beloved home. Rebecca arrives at Chynalls to find the house crumbling into the ground and Olivia stuck in hospital with no hope of being discharged until her home is made habitable. Though slightly daunted, Rebecca sets to work. But as she peels back the layers of paint, plaster and grime, she uncovers secrets buried for more than seventy years. Secrets from a time when Olivia was young, the Second...