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The Book of Beginnings: The new charming and uplifting novel for 2023 from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories Paperback – 20 October 2023

Sally Page . HarperCollins Publishers Ltd . English

**Sally Page''s remarkable new novel The Secrets of Flowers is available now**From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes an utterly beautiful and charming novel full of mystery and secrets waiting to be uncovered…‘Filled with compassion and insight … a true ode to friendship’ HAZEL PRIOR‘Masterful storytelling’ CELIA ANDERSON‘A powerful ode to friendship’FabulousHer new chapter starts now…Jo Sorsby is hiding from her past when she agrees to run her uncle’s beloved stationery shop. Glimpsing the lives of her customers between the warm wooden shelves, as they scribble little notes and browse colourful notebooks, distracts her from her bruised heart.When she meets Ruth, a vicar running from a secret, and Malcolm, a septuagenarian still finding himself, she suddenly realizes she isn’t alone.They each have a story that can transform Jo’s life… if only she can let them in.The perfect gift for book lovers, The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Bookshop in this gorgeous novel about secrets, second chances and finding friendship in the most unlikely places.Netgalley reviewers LOVE The Book of Beginnings!''Another extraordinary read by the author of The Keeper of Stories'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''What a gem of a book!''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Everything about the story moved me''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''I am in awe of Sally Page’s writing'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''So refreshingly original'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''You just have to read it'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A read cover-to-cover-in-one-sitting book that gives all the feels'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Wonderful, just wonderful''⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Categories: Action & Adventure

About the Author

After studying history at university, Sally moved to London to work in advertising. However, in her spare time she studied floristry at night school and eventually opened her own flower shop. She soon came to appreciate that flower shops offer a unique window into people’s stories and eventually she began to photograph and write about this floral life in a series of non-fiction books. Later, she continued her interest in writing when she founded her fountain pen company, Plooms. In her debut novel, The Keeper of Stories, Sally combines her love of history and writing with her abiding interest in the stories people have to tell. The novel sold over half a million copies in the UK and was translated into 30 languages, making Sally a Sunday Times Bestseller. It was also shortlisted for British Book of the Year. Sally's second novel, The Book of Beginnings, was launched in September 2023 and her third book, The Secrets of Flowers, in August 2024. In both books, friendship and hope are major themes. Sally's three books have sold over a million copies in the UK. In October 2025 Harper Collins released a Christmas Novella, New Beginnings for Christmas - a sequel to The Book of Beginnings, and in the Spring 2026 will be launching her novel, Six Little Words. Sally lives in Dorset. Her eldest daughter, Alex, is a doctor and her youngest daughter is the author, Libby Page.

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