A Home From Home: Curl up with the heartwarming novel from bestselling author Veronica Henry

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4.8
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'As uplifting as summer sunshine' Sarah Morgan

Sunshine, cider and family secrets...

Dragonfly Farm has been a home and a haven for generations of Melchiors - arch rivals to the Culbones, the wealthy family who live on the other side of the river. Life there is dictated by the seasons and cider-making, and everyone falls under its spell.

For cousins Tabitha and Georgia, it has always been a home from home. When a tragedy befalls their beloved Great-Uncle Matthew, it seems the place where they've always belonged might now belong to them...

But the will reveals that a third of the farm has also been left to a Culbone. Gabriel has no idea why he's been included, or what his connection to the farm - or the Melchiors - can be.

As the first apples start to fall for the cider harvest, will Dragonfly Farm begin to give up its secrets?

A Home from Home is the very best of Veronica Henry's storytelling - gorgeous scenes you wish you could step into, a cast of characters who feel like friends, and an irresistibly feel-good family drama crossing three generations.

Discover Veronica Henry - your favourite authors' favourite author:

'Wise, insightful, beautifully written. A delicious treat of a book' Milly Johnson

'An utter delight' Jill Mansell

'Truly blissful escapism' Lucy Diamond

'A heart-warming, triumphant story combined with Veronica's sublime writing - the perfect mix!' Cathy Bramley

'Veronica Henry has such a deft hand with families and their complications' Katie Fforde

Ratings and reviews

4.8
4 reviews
Claire McPartlin
July 25, 2019
I loved this book. Great characters, a bit of a mystery, a centuries old fued between two families, and all set in the idyllic sounding Dragonfly Farm, an old farmhouse in Somerset surrounded by acres of ancient apple trees - and cider making, what's not to like! The story is mainly set around two cousins, Tabitha and Georgia. Tab lives at Dragonfly Farm with her great uncle and Georgia is a script writer who lives in London. Tabitha has lived at Dragonfly Farm since a troublesome teenager when her parents split and she wasn't really wanted by either of her flighty parents, so ended up with her great-uncle and aunt who were more like parents to her over the years. But her great aunt died a few years ago and it had been Tab and her great uncle keeping things going until now. Then a tragedy happens and in the will the farm is left between Tab, Georgia and, unexpectedly, Gabriel Culbone, a supposed member of the 'enemy' family, and no-one, including Gabriel, has any idea why, as he doesn't even know his relatives. We also have another Culbone who moves back to the family home across the river from Dragonfly Farm, and he is drawn into the mystery too. The story flips back and forth a little bit to another tragedy years ago, and there are definitely a couple of mysteries that finally get revealed as the story goes on, one I didn't see coming! But just such a lovely story about families and the secrets that are kept, or hidden, over the generations. You can't really go wrong with a Veronica Henry book, I've loved every one I've read, she just draws you into the story and makes you want to keep reading. Perfect!
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About the author

Veronica Henry is the Sunday Times bestselling author of twenty novels. She was a scriptwriter for some of our best-loved dramas such as The Archers, Heartbeat and Holby City before she turned to fiction. She lives in North Devon with three sons who come and go with the tide, and she flips between walking on the beach, swimming in the sea and mixing killer Negronis.

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