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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Peacock Summer
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'Two summers, decades apart. Two women whose lives are forever entwined. And a house that holds the secrets that could free them both.

'At twenty-six, Lillian feels ancient and exhausted. Her marriage to Charles Oberon has not turned out the way she thought it would. To her it seems she is just another beautiful object captured within the walls of Cloudesley, her husband's Chilterns manor house. But, with a young step-son and a sister to care for, Lillian accepts there is no way out for her. Then Charles makes an arrangement with an enigmatic artist visiting their home and her world is turned on its head.

'Maggie Oberon ran from the hurt and resentment she caused. Half a world away, in Australia, it was easier to forget, to pretend she didn't care. But when her grandmother, Lillian, falls ill she must head back to Cloudesley. Forced to face her past, she will learn that all she thought was real, all that she held so close, was never as it seemed.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2018 .
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      Extent: 390p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 June 2018.

      ISBN: 9780733640438, 9780733640445
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Orion ,
      2018 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 28 June 2018.
      ISBN: 9781409152248
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2019 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 March 2019
      ISBN: 9780733642494
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Harper ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 400p.p.
      ISBN: 9780062899347, 0062899341
Alternative title: Les secrets de Cloudesley
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Belfond ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 423p.p.
      ISBN: 9782714480897, 2714480896
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Pocket ,
      2020 .
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      Extent: 411p.p.
      ISBN: 9782266310888, 2266310887

Other Formats

  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.
  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.
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