Overview

When Elin Pugh's life in London crumbles, she returns to the Welsh mountains of her childhood to care for Anwen Jones, the enigmatic artist who once filled her young heart with dreams of creativity and freedom. Anwen lives alone in a ramshackle cottage high in the hills, surrounded by cats and decades of dust-covered paintings. Fiercely independent and famously difficult, she's spent years driving away visitors with her sharp tongue and signs warning trespassers to 'Go Away'. But as Elin settles into life in the shadow of the mountains, she discovers that beneath Anwen's prickly exterior lies a woman with an extraordinary story to tell. Helping the ailing artist catalogue a lifetime of work, Elin begins to uncover long-buried secrets about her own past that her mother has kept hidden for over thirty years. Soon she discovers that her journey home was about more than escaping - it was about finding out who she really is, rediscovering the life-changing joy of creativity and learning where she truly belongs. A sweeping story of love, loss and the wonder of the natural world, The Cottage in the Clouds explores how creativity and unexpected bonds can help us to heal and find our way back to ourselves.

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9781837003730

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'Outstanding... be prepared to shelve any other plans whilst you are reading this book.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Captured my heart... you won't want to put this one down!' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sweeps the reader away... you will cheer for our main character and love the description of her life in Anglesey... I read it in one sitting.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I felt such a sense of peace and calm reading this... if you have your own outer stress and inner turmoil you will feel the sense of beauty and calm and family.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I absolutely loved this book and couldn'​​​​​​​t read it quickly enough... the descriptions are so vivid, you can actually imagine yourself there... heartwarming and at times heartbreaking but an absolutely thoroughly enjoyable read that I heartily recommend.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Gosh a very moving story... an emotional read but a perfect ending... I loved it. Read it.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Superbly written. Lots of twists, turns and shocking turns of events. Quickly becoming a go-to author for me!!!! You will love this.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What an utterly, gorgeous read... this story had all the feels.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Author Information

Caroline Young has always written stories and found inspiration in the world around her, be it a bustling city or a windswept beach. She has worked for many years as a writer of non-fiction books for children, which allows for few adjectives or creative expression, so she keeps these things for her fiction. As the mother of three grown-up daughters, she now has the time to focus on her own writing, and tell the stories she wants to tell. Caroline has a degree in English from Cambridge University where she was exposed to wonderful writers from every age, and she aims to relate just some of their ideas and language to her life and writing. Caroline's idea of paradise is a bright day with a bracing wind and the sea, waiting for her to dive into it (even in January!). She hopes to write stories that the reader can lose themselves in, which take them somewhere different and fill them with joy in the beauty of the natural world, and all the amazing people in it.

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