Alexandra Campbell

Alexandra Campbell is the author of five novels on contemporary relationships, THE OFFICE PARTY, THE EX-GIRLFRIEND, THE DAISY CHAIN and THAT DANGEROUS AGE, plus a family saga, REMEMBER THIS, all of which are published by Penguin. She has also written a number of works of non-fiction, including the text for Kelly Hoppen’s EAST MEETS WEST (Conran Octopus), and two books with Liz Bauwens and she worked on the original Body Shop Book with Anita Roddick. She also writes radio plays for Radio 4 with Flannel Productions, including the five-part series, Mrs Henderson's Christmas Party, and Moving day, broadcast in May 2005.

Alexandra is also an experienced journalist. She was Health & Beauty Editor of She, Associate & Beauty Editor of Harpers & Queen and Managing Editor of Good Housekeeping, after which she freelanced, specialising in interiors and general features for The Times, The Independent and many other newspapers and glossy magazines. She has written short stories for You Magazine, The Lady and The Express.

She was a finalist in the Catherine Pakenham Award (1978), the Vogue Talent Contest (1978), PPA Consumer Journalist of the Year (1989) and the Jasmine Award (1990).

Lily Devereaux faces a dilemma. Should she rebuild her marriage to Tom or walk away from it?

Tom also has to choose. His mother, Maud, has died, and his elder brother, Chris, wants to sell The Boathouse, the scene of their magical childhood summers. His younger brother, Cameron, wants them to keep it.

And Dora Savage, and old family friend, must decide whether the Devereauxs should finally know the truth about Maud’s marriage to their father, Bertie, forged in the melting pot of the 1950s and 60s.

Do love, forgiveness and compromise change over fifty years? The answers lie down at the Boathouse, where the waves and wildflowers ripple over a dangerous family secret.