The brilliant fresh novel from the bestselling author of A Year on the Celebrity and Sixpence. Ideal for followers of Cathy Bramley. This audio model is read for you by Karen Cass, audience for Jill Mansell, Carole Matthews and Maggie O’Farrell.

The picture house by the sea is the Palace at Polwhipple – a pleasant art deco cinema, nestled in front of azure Cornish seas. Nonetheless it can be long past its heyday right now, and its only saving grace is Ferrelli’s, the family operate ice-cream concession in about The Picture House by the ocean the foyer, which is certainly well known as the best ice-cream for kilometers.

Therefore when Ferdie, who owns Ferelli’s, breaks his knee, his granddaughter Gina drops everything to come and help you. But when she will come she actually is dismayed with the state from the cinema, which she remembers fondly from summer season vacations when she was small, and she actually is determined to provide it the makeover it deserves. Along with regional renovation expert Ben, she sets about reviving the Palace to its previous glory.

But the cinema needs more than a lick of color. Its very future is under risk from a developer with greed in his eye. Can Gina conserve the place before it is too late?

** Disclaimer: originally released in four parts as eBooks – Brief Encounter, Singing in the Rain, Dirty Dancing and Some Like it Warm **