Perfect for readers who enjoy Ann Patchett's novels about family life, Kristin Hannah's novels about women hidden from history or Kate Morton's dual timeline stories. Beautifully written, Never Closer is a moving account of women finding the courage to fulfil their dreams and ambitions.
"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this lovely book. It is beautifully written, elegantly linking the life of a present-day woman with another from the 1940s. A real pleasure to read and highly recommended."
- Goodreads reviewer ★★★★★
In 1940s Britain, with the Second World War raging, Alice is working in a laboratory developing a potential wonder drug, called penicillin. Made to leave school at sixteen and abandon her aspiration to be a teacher, she learns instead about medicines and miracles and how curing people may be her destiny.
In the present day, Jo is devastated when she hears her daughter is critically ill with meningitis. At her daughter's bedside she starts to read Alice's diary, found the previous day in a vintage handbag. Past and present overlap and merge as life-changing events resonate across the gulf of time.
This is a story about a diary opening a door on the past, chronicling a young woman's fierce determination to succeed against all odds. It is a story of a mother whose life is blown apart and must find a way to put it back together.
What other readers say:
"Timeless themes, beautifully packaged." – Something by Jane
"I found myself hooked and I couldn't let it go." – Goodreads reviewer
"This is a tale that will wring your heart and feed your soul. Don't pass it up!" – I'm a Voracious Reader