'A delightful dose of nostalgia' HEAT 'A beautifully written tale about growing up letting go
and moving on' SUN'Get ready to fall in love with Eadie Browne the eponymous and eccentric
heroine of this tender-hearted steeped-in-nostalgia story about chosen family' RED When your
present meets your past what do you take with you - and what do you leave behind? Eadie Browne
is an odd child with unusual parents living in a strange house neighbouring the local
cemetery. Bullied at school - but protected by her two best friends Celeste and Josh and her
many imaginary friends lying six feet under next door - Eadie muddles her way through. Arriving
in Manchester as a student in the late 1980s Eadie confronts a busy gritty Victorian
metropolis a far cry from the small Garden City she's left behind. Soon enough she experiences
a novel freedom she never imagined and it's seductive. She can be who she wants to be do as
she pleases and no one back home needs to know. As Manchester embraces the dizzying colourful
euphoria of Rave counterculture Eadie is swept along blithely ignoring danger and reality.
Until one night her past comes hurtling at her with ramifications which will continue into
her adult life. Now as the new millennium beckons Eadie is turning thirty with a marriage in
tatters. She must travel back to where she once lived for a funeral she can't quite comprehend.
As she journeys from the North to the South from the present to the past Eadie contemplates
all that was then - and all that is now - in this moving love letter to youth. 'A gorgeous
heartfelt atmospheric novel by a wonderful storyteller' LUCY ATKINS 'A beautifully moving
portrait of youth friendship and love . . . I loved it' MIKE GAYLE 'Beautifully written funny
and wise . . . heart-breaking and heart-warming' ALEXANDRA POTTER MORE PRAISE FOR FREYA NORTH:
'A terrific family drama of secrets . . . and so cleverly plotted' Graham Norton 'A completely
compelling story of family secrets courage and resilience' Fearne Cotton 'Immensely enjoyable
. . . infused with empathy and a great sense of place' Erica James 'What a treat. This filled
my heart with joy and occasionally my eyes with tears it is beautiful' Prima
