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THE BRAND NEW UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TWO-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS’Magical … uplifting … the Phoenix Ballroom feels like an old friend’ ANTON DU BEKE’A rich and joyful story, told with wit and heart’ BETH MORREY’Every page is a joy’ PIP WILLIAMSITS NEVER TOO LATE TO SPREAD YOUR WINGS…

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.

Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a community drop-in centre could be seen as reckless, but Venetia’s generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for an array of damaged and lonely people.

As their stories intertwine, long-buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives renewed – the Phoenix lives up to its name.

‘Will enthral and delight everyone who reads it’ MIKE GAYLE’Packed with Ruth Hogan’s trademark warmth’ MATT CAIN