Overview
'Sweet, funny, and oh-so-relatable. A cracking read!' MIKE GAYLE 'An uplifting hug of a novel about second chances, saying yes to life, and what it takes to become the hero of your own story' LUCY DIAMOND 'Will warm your heart' MILLY JOHNSON Beth's life, like the unfinished manuscript on her laptop, is stuck between chapters. Since her breakup with Fraser - which was not part of the story - she's retreated into a lonely working-from-home world of sweatpants, disordered hours and comfort eating. The one luminous constant in her life is her love for her rescue dog, Tomsk, and his for her. When Beth's house share falls apart, she is thrown a lifeline by the least likely person: Fraser's mother Martine, who offers Beth and Tomsk a temporary space above her garage in which to start over. Returning to Longhampton, scene of her happiest memories with Fraser and his family, feels like a second chance: might this be a sign that she and Fraser are meant to be? But Martine's favours always come at a price: she's volunteered a reluctant Beth as a writer for a project called The Story of Your Life, run by the local retirement community. Some of the stories Beth hears are heartwarming, some are heartbreaking. All of them, Beth notes, reveal a little more than the teller realises. And when she is sent an anonymous story of first love that threatens to destroy more than one family's identity, Beth has to decide: is it sometimes better to keep a secret than reveal the truth? Warm, funny, truthful and poignant, Is That You, Beth Cherry? is a moving and heartfelt novel about taking charge of your own story, right up to the final chapter.
Full Product Details
Author: Lucy Dillon
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 4.20cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.700kg
ISBN: 9781399719742
ISBN 10: 1399719742
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 06 November 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Sweet, funny, and oh-so-relatable, Is That You Beth Cherry is an ultimately uplifting tale of love, loss and the enduring power of stories. A cracking read! -- MIKE GAYLE PRAISE FOR LUCY DILLON So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page -- MILLY JOHNSON Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn's reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises -- ALEXANDRA POTTER A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists * STYLIST *
PRAISE FOR LUCY DILLON So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page -- MILLY JOHNSON Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn's reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises -- ALEXANDRA POTTER A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists * STYLIST *
Author Information
Lucy Dillon grew up by the seaside in Cumbria, and read English at Cambridge University, before working as a fiction editor. She is the best-selling author of eleven novels set in the market town of Longhampton, including Romantic Novelists Association Novels of the Year Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts and A Hundred Pieces of Me. An enthusiastic collector of dog-related junk, Lucy lives in Herefordshire with an English Otterhound, a Welsh Pembroke Corgi and a Scottish Husband.
