Synopsis
Growing up after the war in Westmere, an English seaside town, Kitty has been sheltered by her parents, but meeting Danny changes all of that. She decides to leave everyone and everything she knows to follow Danny to London, in pursuit of glamour and opportunity, and this sets in motion a series of events that will echo down the generations.
Over fifty years later, when Kitty's body is found in her beach hut with a suicide note by her side, her great-niece will help to unravel all the secrets which the family has kept hidden over the decades.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN: 9780349012384
- Number of pages: 256
- Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 22 mm
- Weight: 206g
- Languages: English
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Glorious book about painful experiences
Lullaby Beach is a surprising and painful book to read, and an even more difficult book to review. It’s a layered, engrossing exploration of the quite ordi... READ MORE
Wonderful storytelling
Stella Duffy is a wonderful storyteller and she is especially good at taking the ordinary and peeling back the layers, as she did in my favourite novel of ... READ MORE
Family secrets unravel
When Kitty commits suicide, family secrets start to unravel.
Moving from the 1950s to the present day, the novel weaves together the stories of Kitty, her ... READ MORE
Captivating book.
Excellent. Not sure what else to say. Captivating book. Would absolutely love to stay in Lullaby Beach. The story of Kitty moving to swinging London wa... READ MORE
Outstanding! I could not put it down and those last few chapters are so gripping and tense. I absolutely loved it and I loved Kitty what a woman !
Three generations of women Kitty, Sara, Beth and Lucy. All from Westmere a small seaside town.
We begin the story with a tragedy, Great Niece Lucy finding... READ MORE
Enjoyable
Family secrets emerge on the seaside. When you think you know somebody well and suddenly, it turns out you don’t. You don’t know the first thing about them... READ MORE
The women in 'Lullaby Beach' are entirely credible. They have strengths but are also flawed; they make mistakes but they also learn.
‘Lullaby Beach’, set primarily on England’s south coast, tells the story of three generations of women, highlighting the class and gender inequalities and ... READ MORE
Compelling
When aging Kitty commits suicide, her family is left to piece together why. Her family thinks of her as feisty and friendly. So why did she keep her secret... READ MORE