For Adults
Atlantic Books are delighted to offer lucky reading groups the opportunity to read and review the new book by the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things, The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan, ahead of its release in June.
About The Phoenix Ballroom
‘Magical … uplifting … The Phoenix Ballroom feels like an old friend’ - Anton Du Beke
‘Every page is a joy’ - Pip Williams
When it’s time to face the music, all we can do is dance…
Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she’s been sleepwalking through the last fifty years. Determined to live fully again, she embraces life with an enthusiasm and purpose she’d forgotten she could muster.
Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a drop-in centre and spiritualist church could be seen as reckless, but Venetia’s generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for a touching cast of damaged and lonely people who find their chosen family. As their stories intertwine, long buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives are renewed as the Phoenix lives up to its name.
The Phoenix Ballroom is a story of hope and second chances across the generations, irrepressible ambition and rise to the top, of loss and triumph, and of who we choose to remember and leave behind on the path to success.
How to get involved
To be in with a chance of winning review copies for your book club to read and review with your reading group please log in and complete the survey below by 3 June. If successful, each of your members will be expected to share a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Waterstones or the Reading Groups for Everyone website within six weeks of receiving the books. Please only pitch if you can commit to this.
If you have any questions, please contact Kimberley.Sheehan@readingagency.org.uk.
