The Heirloom: An immersive dual time novel of inheritance and secrets
Jan 2025 · Hachette UK
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About this ebook
A surprise inheritance. A hidden past.
Brisbane, 2024 Barista and budding artist Mia Curtis is shocked to receive a package all the way from England informing her she's the heir to her late grandmother's cottage. Feeling lost in her own life, Mia travels across the world to claim her inheritance, where she begins to unravel the secrets passed down through the generations of women in her family.
Sussex, 1821 Philadelphia Boadle wakes to find her husband, the tailor Jasper Boadle, dead. As the daughter of the local cunning woman, Philadelphia is soon accused of murder by witchcraft. Her future and that of her own daughter is at stake, unless she can convince the village she's done no wrong...
Acclaim for Julie Brooks:
'A sweeping tale of family secrets, betrayal, jealousy, ambition and forbidden
romance . . . Fans of The Thorn Birds and Downton Abbey will love the
epic scope of this novel'
ALI MERCER
'I thoroughly enjoyed this immersive story . . . and I can pay it no greater compliment other than to say, I wish I'd written it'
KATHRYN HUGHES
Brisbane, 2024 Barista and budding artist Mia Curtis is shocked to receive a package all the way from England informing her she's the heir to her late grandmother's cottage. Feeling lost in her own life, Mia travels across the world to claim her inheritance, where she begins to unravel the secrets passed down through the generations of women in her family.
Sussex, 1821 Philadelphia Boadle wakes to find her husband, the tailor Jasper Boadle, dead. As the daughter of the local cunning woman, Philadelphia is soon accused of murder by witchcraft. Her future and that of her own daughter is at stake, unless she can convince the village she's done no wrong...
Acclaim for Julie Brooks:
'A sweeping tale of family secrets, betrayal, jealousy, ambition and forbidden
romance . . . Fans of The Thorn Birds and Downton Abbey will love the
epic scope of this novel'
ALI MERCER
'I thoroughly enjoyed this immersive story . . . and I can pay it no greater compliment other than to say, I wish I'd written it'
KATHRYN HUGHES
About the author
Julie Brooks was born in Brisbane, Australia, but has lived most of her life in Melbourne. She taught English and Drama in secondary schools before working as an editor of children's magazines. She has been a full-time author since 1999 and is the author of several young adult novels as well as children's fiction and non-fiction. The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay and The Keepsake are her novels writing as Julie Brooks.
To find out more, visit juliebrooksauthor.com and follow her on Instagram @juliebrooks_books.
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