Lovers & Newcomers by Rosie Thomas

Miranda Meadowe decides a lonely widowhood in her
crumbling country house is not for her. Reviving a university
dream, she invites five of her oldest friends to come and join her
to live, and to stave off the prospect of old age. All have
their own reasons for accepting.

To being with, omens are good. They laugh, dance, drink and
behave badly, as they cling to the heritage they thought was theirs
for ever: power, health, stability. They are the baby boomers, the
world is theirs to change. But as old attractions resurface alongside
new tensions, they discover that the clock can't be put back.

When building work reveals an Iron Age burial site of a tribal
queen, the outside world descends on their idyllic retreat, and the
isolation of the group is breaches. Now the past is revealed, and the
future that beckons is very different from the one they imagined.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction - Chick Lit - British Literature - Women's Fiction
Condition: Very good
Published: 2010 by HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 457
ISBN: 9780007285952
Weight: 615g