‘A wonderful story of friendship, family and love’ Sunday Times bestseller Milly Johnson A long lost friendship reconnected in letters, laughs and unforgettable life lessons… Jojo Moyes meets The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society in this powerfully moving novel! The best friendships are worth fighting for… It’s been fifteen years since Aggie’s friendship with Rosie Hughes ended … Aggie’s friendship with Rosie Hughes ended abruptly. But now she’s heard from the village rumour mill that Rosie is off to war, she knows her best friend needs her more than ever – despite what’s happened between them in the past.
As Rosie faces a desert full of danger and Aggie falls further from the path to love she’ so wants, the two friends write each other letters.
The comfort in their shared words is an anchor to the life they knew before…and the only constant in a world as increasingly unpredictable as the wind.
Readers ADORE Dear Rosie Hughes…
‘This book is going to be spoken about everywhere…I really really loved it’ Karen Whittard, Reviewer
‘I loved this story of friendship…emotional and memorable’ Jessica Bryson, Reviewer
‘Definitely a book I would read over and over again…Highly recommend’ 5 stars, Ginger Book Geek Blog
‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, but most of all it will make you treasure the friends you have as who knows what each day may bring’ Book Lovers Anonymous
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An original book written in letter form. Easy to get into and one that you won’t want to put down until it’s finished. I loved it.
Wonderful story that kept me up late in the night waiting to see what they would write about next. So realistic it feels like a true story. Well written and I definitely recommend.
One of the best books that I have read for ages. Loved it!
Rosie Hughes and her ex-best friend Aggie’s close friendship ended suddenly fifteen years ago. It was due to a misunderstanding, but neither knew that at the time. Since then they’ve both dealt with unexpected heartbreak and their life experiences in the best way they knew how.
Now though, Rosie is going to war and Aggie a ghost writer, decides that it’s time to put their differences aside and contact her old friend. The women correspond by email and as Rosie copes with the difficulties of being posted to a desert war zone, Aggie is offered the chance to get away from her dysfunctional relationship with her mother and run a tea room in a remote part of the west coast of Scotland.
Told through a series of emails and letters the two friends discover what’s happened to each other since they fell out and each try to help the other work through their issues in their personal lives through their correspondence. This book made me laugh, many times, it made me gasp in shock at the turn of events and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The author was in the British armed forces and that authenticity came through.
A wonderful story of friendship, family and love.
5.0 out of 5 stars Another GREAT read from Melanie Hudson
I really enjoyed the author’s first novel, the prize-winning The Wedding Cake Tree, so was delighted to see that she is back with a second book.
Very different – the book is written using a series of letters between the protagonists, in various locations from the west coast of Scotland to the Iraq War, with loves met and made, loves lost and rekindled or not and with a set of engaging characters all contributing their “bit!
Coincidentally, the milieu of “military bluies” and some of the situations mentioned are more familiar to me than perhaps to most of her readers. This gave a good story, well told, an even greater attraction.
Well worth 5 stars
Dear Rosie Hughes is an amazing story of friendship.
Aggie and Rosie were childhood friends who lost contact after something happened…we don’t find out what happened until later in the book…
Rosie is off to Iraq (2003) to do the weather forecasts…when she and Aggie reconnect through emails and messaging..
At first when reading the messages back and forth I found the dialog lacking but as I kept reading the characters grew on me and I had a hard time putting the book down. To say that I knew what was going to happen well I had a feeling….one that came true at the end….
This story will make you laugh and cry and laugh some more!
Highly recommend and I know as I start another book this one Dear Rosie Hughes will stay with me for a long time