There are no guarantees in life, and you have to accept that and love all the beautiful and ugly that life throws at you.” Karen White, THE LAST NIGHT IN LONDONĪs you travel through the novel, alternating chapters tell the story of Eva and Precious and then Maddie and Precious’ staff and family trying to also unravel her story. “One year of happiness is worth so much more than a lifetime of just existing. Precious’ nephew, Colin, just happens to be an old college romance gone bad for Maddie and she can’t seem to let go of her past with Colin. As Precious reveals bits of her life, Maddie realizes there is a bigger story to tell and she only has so much time to get it out of Precious before she and her secrets are gone forever. The other story features an American journalist, Maddie, who has come to interview Precious, a former fashion model, about her years in the fashion industry for British Vogue. The day I decided to become more than what I was.” Karen White, THE LAST NIGHT IN LONDON Then WWII hits London and her past and secrets she has kept hidden are now being used against her and she is in too deep to get out unscathed. Eva, formerly Ethel, has felt the need to change her life story to meet the expectations of society and who she assumes Graham needs her to be.
Eva has a chance meeting with the handsome Graham on the streets of London and her life takes a turn she never expected. The first story begins in London in 1939 with two best friends, Eva and Precious, working as fashion models. In this dual narrative, she weaves the past and the present together to unravel a woman’s past before she is gone forever. This story is one that took years of contemplation and research to create the characters and the plot for her story.
For nearly twenty years, she has wanted to write about the beautiful building she lived in near Regent’s Park and its history during the Blitz. Author Karen White lived in London for seven years as a child.
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