The tour has ended, thank you to everyone who took part.
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You can follow the reviews with the poster, and the tour page here – The Family Home
Publication Day: 20th June 2024
Publisher: Lume Books
A family home should be where you feel safe. Mine was where my family was destroyed.
Thirty years ago, when we lived there, my mother left and never came back. A year later, at Halloween, my father took his own life.
Now I’m back. I inherited our family home, a crumbling four-bed, Victorian house.
It’s the last place I want to be, but it’s also my last chance to put my life back together. My ex ran off with another woman. And my daughter isn’t speaking to me.
I want to reconnect with my daughter and give her the family home she deserves.
But then I find the jade necklace. Behind a skirting board in the kitchen. The one that matched my mother’s eyes and she never took off . . . And a letter.
Going home could be the worst move I ever made.
Meet Sophia Spiers
Sophia, a Londoner of proud Italian and Greek heritage, studied Film and TV at university.
She worked in TV and post-production before turning her attention to writing. In 2019, she graduated from Faber Academy’s Writing A Novel course. In 2020, she was selected for the inaugural mentorship scheme at Madeleine Milburn Literary TV & Film Agency and was signed by them.
Sophia went on to publish her first psychological thriller, The Call of Cassandra Rose, with Lume Books in 2022. She lives in North London with her husband, two teenagers, two cats and a dog named Ripley.
Lume Books
The Lume and Joffe Books Story
Lume Books was founded by Matthew Lynn, one of the true pioneers of independent publishing. In 2023 Lume Books was acquired by Joffe Books and now its story continues as part of the Joffe Books family of companies.
Joffe Books began in 2014 when Jasper agreed to publish his mum’s much-rejected romance novel and it became a bestseller.
Since then we’ve grown into the largest independent publisher in the UK. We’re extremely proud to publish some of the very best writers in the world, including Joy Ellis, Faith Martin, Caro Ramsay, Helen Forrester, Simon Brett and Robert Goddard. Everyone at Joffe Books loves reading and we never forget that it all begins with the magic of an author telling a story.
We are proud to publish talented first-time authors, as well as established writers whose books we love introducing to a new generation of readers.
We have been shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards three times, in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and for the Diversity and Inclusivity Award at the Independent Publishing Awards in 2022.
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