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The Beautiful Truth

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Published: 1st June 2012
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'A thrillingly observant writer and crafter of highly sensual prose' Daily Mail

Catherine never knew her father. A Polish exile, he disappeared when she was a small child, leaving her only a pair of binoculars and a lifelong love of the stars. Now in her forties, she leads a settled academic life in Cambridge - until one day she receives a letter with a Polish postmark from an American film-maker who is in Krakow to research the wartime experiences of his aunt. What Konrad has uncovered will send Catherine on a voyage of discovery not only into Poland's past, but into her own history. And what she uncovers there will change her life in ways she could not possibly have imagined.

Moving between present-day Krakow and wartime Poland, The Beautiful Truth tells a passionate and moving story of the way ordinary lives are swept up in extraordinary events. Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, it will not be easily forgotten.

About the Author

Belinda Seaward began her career as a journalist and has worked on national newspapers, including the Daily Mail and Sunday Times. She has also spent time on a coffee plantation in Zambia and in the Middle East and now lives and works in Devon, where she has raised two Arab horses. Hotel Juliet, her acclaimed previous novel, is also published by John Murray.

Praise for Hotel Juliet: 'Africa and aviation, red dust and wide, white skies . . . this romance will soon dispel those January blues . . . A thrillingly observant writer and crafter of highly sensual prose, Seaward employs the language and lore of the skies to considerable metaphorical effect . . . its richly descriptive escapism is seductive' [Daily Mail]'Hotel Juliet is a breathtaking work and a deeply moving elegy to the transitory nature of family life' [Scotland on Sunday]'A gripping evocation of love and passion amid the wild African landscape' [Sainsbury's Magazine]'This poignant epic is a real page-turner . . . a mesmerising, well-crafted novel' [Birmingham Evening Mail]'A cinematic novel of breadth and beauty, love and aviation. Superbly written, the author's descriptions, particularly of masculinity, smells and voodoo are possessed of an almost ineffable resonance.' [The Argus]

ISBN: 9780719521218
ISBN-10: 0719521211
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: 1st June 2012
Dimensions (cm): 23.2 x 15.4  x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.46