The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings

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The characters in this book are works of fiction. But, then, isn’t everyone . . . ?1988, Pencalenick, Cornwall.At seventeen, Jason wants much more from life than working at his fatherâ pub and when fate, in the form of twins Daisy and Bea and their small circle of friends, offers him a glimpse of another, more glamorous, world, heâ determined to become a part of it. Itâ Daisy who Jason is most entranced by, though. Everyone is: sheâ the sun around which others orbit.The trouble with the sun, of course, is that those who get too close risk getting burned – and by the end of the summer, one of the group will be dead.2018, Camberwell, London. When famous actress Daisy Hemmings decides it’s time to publish her autobiography, she chooses James Tate to write it. James is a ghost writer: itâ his job to step into other peopleâ shoes; to tell their stories for them. And heâ good at it. Very good. After all, heâ had years of practice at pretending to be someone heâ not. But what happens when past and present – and truth and lies – collide?Joanna Nadinâ The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings is an unflinching, unforgettable novel about the people we are, the people we’d like to be, and the price we pay for getting what we want . . .

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