Before I Met You : A Novel (Paperback)

from susan0316

This is a delightful book about a young girl from Guernsey who goes to London after caring for her ailing grandmother for most of her teenage years. She wants to live in Soho where she thinks it will be exciting and she also wants to track down someone that her grandmother mentioned in her will. ...

from Felicity-Smith

Good but not the best by this author. I would say the stories don't meld together as well as I would have hoped between the two time periods. The story is quite slow in parts and although the writing is very evocative of a young girl going to the big city it is not an engaging as I would have hoped

from readingwithtea

"I am living in Zone Three," she said with a grim smile. John winced sympathetically. Having looked after an Alzheimer's-riddled step-grandmother for five years, Betty can't wait to dash off to London when a will mystery needs to be resolved. She finds herself in 1990s Soho struggling to make end...

from nicx27

I've long been a fan of Lisa Jewell's work and was very pleased to get my hands on this book. It's a very pleasant read with a dual time narrative and I enjoyed it very much. Betty Dean has come to Soho to search for Clara Pickle, a mysterious benefactor in the Will of her late step-grandmother, ...

from ennie

Wonderful story of women during different times.