After the Snow
the heartwarming story to curl up with in 2019, full of secrets and scandals!
by Susannah Constantine
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date 2 Nov 2017 | Archive Date 25 Apr 2019
Description
‘Thoughtful and dark’ The Times Magazine
‘Captivating’ Woman & Home
‘Beautifully written’ HELLO!
***The No. 1 eBook bestseller!***
Christmas morning, 1969.
All eleven-year-old Esme Munroe wants for Christmas is for her mother to be on one of her ‘good’ days – and, secretly, for a velvet riding hat. So when she finds an assortment of wet towels and dirty plates in her stocking, she’s just relieved Father Christmas remembered to stop at The Lodge this year.
But later that day Esme’s mother disappears in the heavy snow. Even more mysteriously, only the Earl of Culcairn seems to know where she might have gone. Torn between protecting her mother and uncovering the secrets tumbling out of Culcairn Castle’s ornate closets, Esme realises that life will never be the same again after the snow…
Susannah Constantine provides a rare glimpse into the secret lives of the scandalous upper classes. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown.
Praise for After the Snow:
‘Thoughtful and dark’ The Times Magazine
‘Captivating’ Woman & Home
'Beautifully written … with a dramatic, thrilling conclusion. Perfect for quiet January nights in' HELLO!
‘A modern-day Nancy Mitford’ Sir Elton John
‘Fans of Downton Abbey will love this’ Davina McCall
‘A tenderly absorbing tale, shades of Dodie Smith’ YOU Magazine
‘This touching, atmospheric story … has echoes of I Capture The Castle about it’ Scottish Daily Mail
What readers are saying about After the Snow:
‘Beautifully written’
‘I didn’t want the story to end’
‘Loved it!’
‘Read it over the Christmas holidays. Perfect’
‘I adored this wonderful story’
‘Cleverly written’
‘Wonderfully nostalgic’
‘Insightful, exciting and poignant’
‘Perfect with a glass of wine and a roaring log fire’
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780008219659 |
| PRICE | £3.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 336 |
Featured Reviews
Natasha P, Reviewer
With the beautiful cover and the 'for fans of downton abbey and the crown' I was absolutely going to have to try this book. I'm so happy I wasn't disappointed I don't wanna say to much but I found it just beautiful.
Gisele W, Reviewer
I was excited to read this book as I absolutely loved the era that brought us the Mitfords and Downton Abbey. Interestingly this book is set in the 60s with a few references to contemporary culture but the decade doesn't really become apparent until the end of the book when they are talking about New Years Eve.
I really liked the young-ish girls - Esme and Lexi, who were full of fun and mischief. Lexi's father The Earl plays a far more prominent role that Esme's father and the mothers are two extremes. The Countess is full of misery - a Cruella de Ville character.
Undercurrents of mental illness/depression, unsatisfactory marriages, infidelity and parentage are all hinted at during this book but not fully resolved There's no great revelations or twists but a gentle resolution - much is left to the reader to piece together.
Kim S, Reviewer
The author of this book has a wonderful way of describing surroundings, food ,clothing even people. You constantly feel a part of the story and all the other little stories within the main story. Like most good books theres goodies, baddies and some lovely warm cuddly people
It still leaves one question unanswered what do you think the answer is??
Readers who liked this book also liked:
Charles Dickens; Clement C. Moore; Hans Christian Andersen; Carolyn Sherwin Bailey; Frances Jenkins Olcott; Helen G Ricks; Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman; Leslie Pinckney Hill; O Henry
General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
