NEW RELEASE
Everything Changes But You - Maggie Alderson (2012)
Hannah works as a beauty editor in London and is married to an Australian model-slash-songwriter called Matt. They move to a small village to be near her mother Marguerite, who has to deal with her alcoholic ex-husband Charlie. Meanwhile Matt's cousin Ali moves to London after being scarred in a workplace accident. When Matt heads back to Sydney after a family crisis, he ends staying longer than expected after his songwriting partner Pete finally finds success. This story puts the spotlight on being in a relationship complicated by feeling torn about where home is.
Maggie Alderson returns with Everything Changes But You, a novel that explores whether love can survive being away from home. The summary says: "Home is where the heart is - but what happens to your heart when the people you love are scattered around the world? Hannah and Matt are very happy together, living in London's cool East End with their two young children. Hannah has a job she loves as a beauty editor and Matt is always just about to break through as a songwriter. But then events start to pull them apart, with Hannah certain they'd be much better off down in the English countryside with her family - and Matt's mum needing them with her, back in Sydney, 17,000km away. Hannah's mother, Marguerite, mends broken china, but can she repair her damaged marriage? And Matt's vivacious young cousin, Ali, feels lost, looking for love in a strange city. All of them have unsettling secrets and while some are better shared, others might be best left unspoken - the problem is knowing which are which." Everything Changes But You is out in October.