Cover Reveal: The Memory Box by Kathryn Hughes

A couple of years ago I was invited to do the cover reveal for Her Last Promise by Kathryn Hughes and today it's my pleasure to reveal the cover for her latest book The Memory Box which is published later this year, eBook in August and paperback in November.

Some love stories can't be forgotten...

Jenny Tanner opens the box she has cherished for decades. Contained within are her most precious mementoes, amongst them a pebble, a carving and a newspaper cutting she can hardly bear to read. But Jenny knows the time is finally here. After the war, in a mountainside village in Italy, she left behind a piece of her heart. However painful, she must return to Cinque Alberi. And lay the past to rest.

Emma's Review: Her Last Promise by Kathryn Hughes

Reviewed by Emma Crowley

Tara Richards was just a girl when she lost her mother. Years later when Tara receives a letter from a London solicitor its contents shake her to the core. Someone has left her a key to a safe deposit box. In the box lies an object that will change everything Tara thought she knew and lead her on a journey to deepest Spain in search of the answers that have haunted her for forty years.

Violet Skye regrets her decision to travel abroad leaving her young daughter behind. As the sun dips below the mountains, she reminds herself she is doing this for their future. Tonight, 4th June 1978, will be the start of a new life for them. This night will indeed change Violet's destiny, in the most unexpected of ways...

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Cover Reveal: Her Last Promise by Kathryn Hughes

This morning it's my absolute pleasure to have been asked to do the cover reveal for Kathryn Hughes' latest book Her Last Promise which is published this Summer, eBook 31 May and paperback 22 August.  Isn't it a beauty? 😍

Publisher Link: http://smarturl.it/HerLastPromreveal

Tara Richards was just a girl when she lost her mother. Years later when Tara receives a letter from a London solicitor its contents shake her to the core. Someone has left her a key to a safe deposit box. In the box lies an object that will change everything Tara thought she knew and lead her on a journey to deepest Spain in search of the answers that have haunted her for forty years.

The Write Stuff with... Kathryn Hughes

Today it's my stop on The Key blog tour and it's my pleasure to welcome Kathryn Hughes to the blog to talk about her Audible experience.

Before I was a published author I had never listened to an audio book, mistakenly thinking this medium was reserved for people with deteriorating eyesight who were unable to read a book. When I visited Audible’s offices in London to record an interview, I was asked if I had ever listened to one of my own books.  I replied that, no, I hadn’t because what would be the point?  I already knew the story and when I’ve worked on a book for so long, to be honest, I’m glad to see the back of it.  This answer seemed to take them by surprise and I was given a credit so that I could download one of my books and listen to it on the journey back to Manchester on the train. 

Now, I’m used to making that journey, I am a fan of Virgin trains as a whole, but that Pendolino between Euston and Piccadilly is very quick and has a peculiar tilting sensation, the mechanics of which I don’t understand.  The upshot is, I cannot read on the train without succumbing to nausea.  Nothing, not even the newspaper or my Twitter feed.  I can’t look out of the window at the fields rushing past, nor reply to text messages.  As you can imagine, this makes for a boring journey.  None of this is Virgin’s fault; I get sick in cars if I’m sitting in the back and don’t get me started on boats. Interestingly though, I can go on any rollercoaster you care to mention with no ill-effects whatsoever.  Anyway, I digress, back to the Audible book.  What a revelation! Rachel Atkins narrated The Secret and what an amazing job she did.  Even though I knew exactly what the next line was going to be, Rachel narrated it in a way that brought the characters to life.  I had expected the narration to be just a plain reading of my text, but instead Rachel utilised her acting skills too and the end result was a wonderful dramatisation of my book, with the added advantage of making the once-tedious journey whizz by.

Emma's Guest Review: Kathryn Hughes - The Letter

Reviewed by Emma Crowley

Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever...

Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool, but hopes he can put things right. On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future. It does - in more ways than he can ever imagine...

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