The Blue Hour

<p><strong>The Blue Hour - two love affairs and two summers 75 years apart </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Damaged by a toxic relationship Ava Westmorland flees the ruins of her life in London for a carer's job in a Cornish village. She hopes a combination of countryside and coast will heal her shattered heart. But she has yet to face tyrannical Tilly Barwise; the 89-year-old she will be looking after. Sharp cantankerous and with an acid tongue Tilly is the polar opposite of a sweet old lady. She has lived a thrillingly full life of romance and intrigue - and is determined shy Ava will follow in her doddering footsteps.</p><p><br></p><p>Through Tilly's outrageous antics and bittersweet reminiscences she shows Ava what it is to embrace life. As the pair form an unlikely bond Tilly reveals the details of a wartime love affair with an American that ended in tragedy - but not quite in the way Tilly always believed.</p><p><br></p><p>M J Greenwood has drawn a rich funny and poignant portrait of two women reluctantly bound by circumstance amid a landscape that retains a unique beauty even in the midst of unwelcome change.</p><p><br></p>