Beautiful Day — Kate Anthony

Beautiful day is Kate Anthony s poignant and heart warming debut novel Today is the day that things are going to change for Rachel Bidewell She will walk through the doors of Clifton Avenue Care Home and start a new life Rachel is returning to work And as she discovers juggling a new job three children and an ex husband can feel like drowning Someone needs to throw her a lifeline Philip doesn t seem like an obvious lifesaver He has just lost the one person who ever cared for him and even as an adult he doesn t know how to live in the real world But might Philip and Rachel each have something the other needs This is a story of unexpected friendship of the messy muddy territory of those broken by life and what it takes to fix them It reminds us that the very darkest of days can be funny heart warming and even beautiful Rachel finds hope in the places she least expects in Kate Anthony s stunning first novel Beautiful Day Kate Anthony grew up in the Midlands On graduating she began working as a residential social worker firstly with young offenders and later with vulnerable adults She then joined the BBC working as a producer in comedy for some years before moving to an independent production company as a drama producer She lives close to Brighton with her family