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  • CategoryHistory
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages304
  • Published2021
  • File size1.8 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780063075436

Key ideas from the book

  • Madame Burova is a Brighton pier fortune-teller preparing to retire after a lifetime in the trade.
  • A promise made in the 1970s gives Burova one last task before she leaves her business.
  • Billie’s unexpected discovery leads her to question her identity and search for answers in Brighton.
  • The story spans more than fifty years, linking past choices with later lives.
  • The novel combines historical fiction with mystery and a lightly magical element.

About The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan

Madame Burova, a longtime Tarot reader, palmist, and clairvoyant on Brighton pier, is preparing to retire. Before she does, she wants to keep a promise made in the 1970s, when she and her friends were young. Her story unfolds alongside Billie’s: after losing her university job, marriage, and sense of place, Billie makes a discovery that calls her identity into question and leads her to Brighton.

Spanning more than fifty years, the novel connects a seaside fortune-telling business and the people who pass through it with choices whose effects reach across decades. Readers interested in historical fiction, a lightly magical atmosphere, and mysteries of identity and the past may enjoy Hogan’s blend of Brighton settings, secrets, and fresh starts.

About Ruth Hogan

Ruth Hogan is a British novelist whose fiction often brings together eccentric characters, family secrets and unexpected connections. Her debut, *The Keeper of Lost Things* (2017), centres on the stories attached to misplaced objects. Her other novels include *Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel*, *The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes* and *The Moon, the Stars and Madame Burova*. Across her work, Hogan returns to themes of loss, memory and the possibility of finding companionship and meaning in surprising…

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