SUMMER OF '76 by Isabel Ashdown (signed)

Signed by the author. Isabel Ashdown's third novel (Myriad, 2013)

(price includes UK 2nd class shipment)

The Isle of Wight, England, 1976. It's the start of one of the hottest summers on record. With windows and doors flung open and life increasingly lived outside, secrets become hard to hide. Luke is all set to enjoy his last few months at home before leaving for college on the mainland. But when the close-knit community is gripped by scandal, everything he thought he knew about friendship and family is turned on its head ...

"Ashdown is adept at portraying the bickering normalcy of ordinary family life ... effortlessly transports you back to the seventies - a world of Abba, flares, punk and David Bowie." - Press Association

"A fabulous coming-of-age novel that's saturated in '70s nostalgia." - Glamour magazine

"Manages to capture a real sense of Britain's past without resorting to rose-tinted glasses." - Bella magazine