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Shortlisted for the RNA’s Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award.

A strange encounter. An unlikely friendship. But will it survive when they both know the truth?

As single mother Leah struggles to get her children ready one morning, the doorbell rings. Standing on the doorstep of their terraced house in Whitley Bay is a well-dressed stranger, Clio, who feels an emotional tie to the house that she can’t explain. The story should end there, but a long-buried secret is already on its way to the surface?

In some ways the two women couldn’t be more different: Leah’s a mother of two and the daughter of a barmaid; Clio’s a perennially single heiress to her baroness mother’s estate. But where Leah lacks grown-up company, Clio lacks any experience of the real world, and the unlikely friendship sparked by their curious first meeting offers both of them a welcome respite from the routine of their lives.

It is a friendship that will answer questions neither of them knew to ask, uncovering secret stories from the past that have stayed hidden for decades. But will it also be the catalyst for them to finally feel that they belong?

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337 pages
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Lake Union Publishing
Publication date

28 May 2019
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“Once again…Imogen Clark urges readers to turn the pages as the delightfully pleasant façade of her characters’ lives begins to crack when the mysteries of the past come to call. Both soothing and riveting, Where The Story Starts asks: What if your greatest secret is the one you don’t even know exists?” —Amber Cowie, author of Rapid Falls and Raven Lane

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Imogen Clark lives in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and children. Her first burning ambition was to be a solicitor, and so she read law at Manchester University and then worked for many years at a commercial law firm. After leaving her legal career behind to care for her children, Imogen turned to her second love—books. She returned to university, studying part-time while the children were at school, and was awarded a BA in English literature with first-class honours. Her first two novels, Postcards From a Stranger and The Thing About Clare, reached number one in both the UK and Australian Kindle charts. Imogen loves sunshine and travel and longs to live by the sea someday.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07K6P9LLZ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lake Union Publishing (28 May 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2912 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 337 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542044669

Best Sellers Rank: 6,876 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 92 in British & Irish Contemporary Literature
- 112 in Psychological Literary Fiction
- 293 in Women's Psychological Fiction

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Imogen Clark writes contemporary fiction about families and secrets. Her books have topped the Amazon kindle chart eight times and Where the Story Starts was shortlisted in the UK for Contemporary Romantic Novel of the year 2020.

Imogen initially qualified as a lawyer but after leaving her legal career behind to care for her four children, she returned to her first love - books. She went back to University, studying English Literature part-time whilst the children were at school. It was a short step from there to writing novels.

Imogen’s great love is travel and she is always planning her next adventure. She lives in Yorkshire with her husband and children.

If you’d like to connect then please visit her website at www.imogenclark.com where you can sign up to her monthly newsletter. Imogen can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as Imogen Clark Author.

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Lynda (pojo37)

A Truly Believable Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2019

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I first got this book via an amazon email recommending books. I’m so glad that I did. I downloaded a sample first but then had to buy the book.
It’s the first book which I’ve read by Imogen Clark, but it won’t be the last. I’ve devoured this book in 2 days. Housework has been forgotten while I’ve read about Leah’s life with her children, how Clio came into her life. Slowly but slowly the story came together in my head. I could imagine the house, “ number 5”, the pub where Clio worked, even Hartsford Hall, but maybe I’ve got a lead over other readers, since I live near Whitley Bay and know all the places, admittedly slightly changed, where Leah, Clio, Grace and Charles all lived.
I could actually imagine someone living the lives they did. Imogen has described everything most eloquently.

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C. J. Richardson

Yet another great novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2019

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Yet another great novel from Imogen Clark. From start to finish, I was hooked. The characters are very well drawn and I could see them as I followed their stories, jumping from the past to the present. Told in the first person by each character, it brought me ever closer to them all.
The book covers a topic that very few of us have experienced, but Clark has made it all too clear what the consequences could be.
Already looking forward to the next one.

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Pippa S

A potentially gripping story that was written like a fairy tale

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2019

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I had read Postcards from a Stranger and was impressed by the complexity of a simple story and great character development- this book was as if written by a completely different author . The bigamist story line of the deceit and egotistical main character and the devastation he left in his wake could potentially have been a challenging read however it greatly disappointed and the ending was highly unrealistic. The characters, with the exception of Grace, were one dimensional and their reactions to the circumstances were like characters from a beach holiday book where no thinking but warm feel good feelings are required . However I will press on with another book by this author to ascertain if she reverts to the mature style of the Postcards from a Stranger

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A Watts

An Engaging Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2019

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This may well be the best of Imogen Clark’s three books. I enjoyed the first two, but this one drew me in more. The story is based on an interesting premise (which I don’t want to give away here), and while it didn’t take me long to figure out what was going on, I wanted to know how it was going to play out. It was engaging. The characters were real people, and they were (for the greatest part) likeable. Even Ray the cad was such a charmer – I could see why Melissa was drawn to him. The author’s style is easy and accessible, with plenty of dialogue. I enjoyed reading this book and was sorry to see it end; I would have liked to spend a bit more time with these people.

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Morag Fowler

Another great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2019

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I have read both of Imogen Clark's previous novels and enjoyed them very much. I received an ARC of Where the Story Starts and am giving an honest review.
It's the characters and the secrets in this novel which drew me in and kept me turning the of because they seem so real and plausible. Without giving anything away, one man 's selfish actions cause chaos for the next two generations.
This is a warm, sensitive book where the best and the worst things happen when two apparently opposite worlds collide. Naturally it's left to the women Grace, Leah and Clip to sort out!
Loved it.

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Brenda

Boring & monotonous.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2019

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No twists & turns, no surprises, no suspense. Just gushy Mills & Boons type prose. This book could have been written in one chapter as everything was laid out so there was no suspense whatsoever. A real letdown. Ploughed through it wishing for the end hoping it would suddenly perk up but no. Nothing that hadn’t already been disclosed.

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Pamela Jones

An intriguing story which is beautifully written.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2019

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Having read “Postcards from a Stranger” by Imogen Clark, I was early looking forward to “Where the Story Starts”. I was not disappointed.

The characters in the story appeared real and whilst I predicted some of the scenarios, situations and who or what was going to be or do something, it was still an enjoyable read.

Each character told their story in chapters which were headed. This helps greatly because the reader knows exactly who is telling that part of the story or the event taking place.

There are sad parts and the reader is drawn to the sadness when it happens. My late Mother always used to tell me “never put off for tomorrow what you can do today” and this saying appears to be quite appropriate by the end of the story.

As someone who does a lot of Family History, I often find out “secrets” from my ancestors’ lives. Something that they thought they had taken to their graves.
This story has secrets which eventually unfold.

A delight to read.

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ejs

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2019

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Not very interesting. Not for me, sorry.

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