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Before I Met You

An unforgettable dual-timeline mystery of love, family and 1920s London from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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Before I Met You

By: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Imogen Church, Sofia Greenacre
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London, 1920. Arlette works in Liberty by day, and by night is caughty up in a glamorous whirl of parties, clubs, cocktails and jazz. But when tragedy strikes she flees the city, never to return.

Over half a century later, in the grungy mid-'90s, her graddaughter Betty arrives in London.

She can't wait to begin her new life. But before she can do so, she must find the mysterious woman named in her grandmother's will.

What she doesn't know is that her search will uncover the heartbreaking secret that changed her grandmother's life, and might also change hers for ever...

© Lisa Jewell 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Historical Fiction
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Beautiful, moving and unputdownable
Heartbreakingly good
Must read
Warm and moving with a nostalgic touch
Lisa Jewell just gets better and better
Enchanting, intriguing and completely unputdownable
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Excellent listen. Great tale, beautifully read, thanks to the author and the two talented readers

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