One-hit Wonder
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  • Published: 1 June 2006
  • ISBN: 9780140295962
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00
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One-hit Wonder

  • Lisa Jewell
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Paperback
1 Jun 2006
EBook
2 Jan 2002
Audiobook
2 Apr 2020
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Sophisticated new reissue of the bestseller's emotional, intriguing novel about a quest to uncover a sister's past

Bee Bearhorn had a number-one hit single in 1985 - and was never heard of again. Fifteen years later she is found dead in her flat and nobody seems to care ...

But Ana Wills always day-dreamed about the exotic half-sister she hasn't seen in years. And when she comes to London to clear Bee's flat, she uncovers a life more exotic than she imagined: a secret country cottage, mysterious weekends away, and even a missing cat.

With Bee's closest friends - mad Lol and strong, silent Flint - Ana sets out to discover exactly what did happen to Bee Bearhorn, the one-hit wonder ...
  • Published: 1 June 2006
  • ISBN: 9780140295962
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00
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Praise for One-hit Wonder

Sophisticated . . . Jewell can't help but tell a compelling story packed with intriguing characters

The Times

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

Sunday Express

Inventive and moving . . . a story with definite charms and a real sense of poignancy

Sunday Times

Written with intelligence, verve and wit . . . a triumph

Hello

Moving and intelligent

Independent

Top marks. Fantastic

Heat

A perceptive, tears-trickling-down-the-side-of-your-nose-on-the-bus brilliant read

Company

A poignant tale of life, love and loss

Mirror

Traditional, light-hearted romantic fiction at its best

Literary Review

Poignant and humorous

Now

A buoyant tale that will have you laughing and crying from start to finish

Woman's Journal

The twists and turns in the plot will leave you dizzy

New Woman

The story is original and the suspense is skilfully built. An infuriatingly enjoyable feel-good read

The List

An engaging and original plot

New Statesman