Emma Burstall Reads From Her New Book!
The House On Rockaway Beach is a gripping tale of family secrets, sibling rivalry and summer romance, set against the backdrop of New York’s sizzling urban beach.
Sisters Sophie and Celia haven’t been on speaking terms for years. So it’s a huge shock when they discover their grandmother has left them both her quirky old house on Rockaway Beach, New York.
Just a stone’s throw from the bright lights of Manhattan, they spent many idyllic summers there as children, swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, playing in the sand and watching day trippers come and go.
A shattering discovery
Then suddenly, the visits stopped. Sophie knows her mother and grandmother fell out, but has never found out why.
Together, the sisters return to Rockaway, and can’t agree on anything. Sophie wants to keep the house, Celia’s determined to sell. It seems they’ll never see eye to eye, until Sophie makes a shattering discovery that forces her to question everything…
Why do she and Celia have such different memories of their grandmother? What caused the rift with their mother? Can Sophie trust the handsome stranger who seems to take such an interest in her? And who is the mysterious old woman watching them from afar?
Now listen to Emma reading from the novel!
Emma Burstall was a newspaper journalist in Devon and Cornwall before becoming a full time author. Tremarnock, the first novel in her series set in a delightful Cornish village, was published in 2015 and became a top-ten bestseller. Find her online at emmaburstall.com, or on Twitter @EmmaBurstall
The House On Rockaway Beach by Emma Burstall is published by Head of Zeus, £20 HB, £5.79 EB.
