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A review by jo_bookworm
A Postcard from Capri by Alex Brown
4.0
This book is the perfect holiday read at an time of the year. If you need some warm sunshine, glamour and mystery then this book will tick all those boxes.
It is 1953 and a young girl from a small English village finds herself in Capri. The glamour of stardom and Hollywood has come with her to Capri. But not everything is as it seems and what is meant to be a break and chance to recharge, it turns into something else. Alex Brown transports you to an island where the warmth of the sun, blue skies and seas, the smell of the lemons growing, the taste of the food all come alive from the page.
Back in that English village, in the present day is Maddie. Rather lost at the moment after losing her job and her relationship. With the strong desire to do something for herself and pursue her own dreams, Maddie discovers photos of a glamourous woman and a postcard from Capri in her grandmothers belongings. Sadly her grandmother memory is failing and it seems that Maddie is the one to piece all the clues together.
By taking a trip to Capri.
With any dual timeline, there are cross overs and links between the past and the present, but there is also the future which is starting to pan out for Maddie when she meets Gio. Will she be captured by the island of Capri as well?
A lovely tale of friendships, secrets and sunshine. Will cheer even the greyest of days.
It is 1953 and a young girl from a small English village finds herself in Capri. The glamour of stardom and Hollywood has come with her to Capri. But not everything is as it seems and what is meant to be a break and chance to recharge, it turns into something else. Alex Brown transports you to an island where the warmth of the sun, blue skies and seas, the smell of the lemons growing, the taste of the food all come alive from the page.
Back in that English village, in the present day is Maddie. Rather lost at the moment after losing her job and her relationship. With the strong desire to do something for herself and pursue her own dreams, Maddie discovers photos of a glamourous woman and a postcard from Capri in her grandmothers belongings. Sadly her grandmother memory is failing and it seems that Maddie is the one to piece all the clues together.
By taking a trip to Capri.
With any dual timeline, there are cross overs and links between the past and the present, but there is also the future which is starting to pan out for Maddie when she meets Gio. Will she be captured by the island of Capri as well?
A lovely tale of friendships, secrets and sunshine. Will cheer even the greyest of days.