The phoenix ballroom
Hogan, Ruth, 1961-2024
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Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she's been sleepwalking through the last fifty years. Determined to live fully again, she embraces life with an enthusiasm and purpose she'd forgotten she could muster. Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a drop-in centre and spiritualist church could be seen as reckless, but Venetia's generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for a touching cast of damaged and lonely people who find their chosen family. As their stories intertwine, long buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives are renewed as the Phoenix lives up to its name. 'The Phoenix Ballroom' is a story of hope and second chances across the generations.
Main title:
The phoenix ballroom / Ruth Hogan.
Author:
Hogan, Ruth, 1961-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Corvus, 2024.
Collation:
368 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781805463238 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
3811133