Chicklit Club
 

MAKING HER DEBUT

 
 

Learning to Speak American, the debut novel by Colette Dartford, is about a marriage tested to breaking point by grief. The summary says: "Having suffered in silence since the tragic death of their young daughter, Lola and Duncan Drummond's last chance to rediscover their love for one another lies in an anniversary trip to California's idyllic Napa Valley. Unable to talk about what happened, Duncan reaches out to his wife the only way he knows how - he buys her a derelict house, hoping its restoration might restore her happiness and their marriage. As Lola works on the house she experiences the liberating power of letting go. But just as her life begins to open up, Duncan's begins to fall apart. Can a parent ever truly move on from the loss of a child? And, after so much heartbreak, can Lola and Duncan learn to love again?"

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