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Title: A Postcard From Capri

Author: Alex Brown

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Date: 29th July 2022

Rating: 5 Stars

Her summer escape will awaken the past

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, Kelly Sinclair is on the cusp of becoming the next big movie star. Until then, she’s spending the summer of 1953 on the magical island of Capri…

Sixty years later, on a visit to her elderly grandmother’s cottage, photographer Maddie Williams unearths a box of old film memorabilia featuring a glamorous and beautiful young woman with platinum blonde hair. She also finds a postcard from the island of Capri, detailing the heart-breaking end of a passionate love affair.

Her grandmother now has trouble remembering anything from all those years ago. So when Maddie is commissioned for a photoshoot in Italy, she visits Capri to see if she can find out the truth. Can she unravel the mystery and discover what really happened in the summer of 1953, and will her magical island escape hold some surprises for Maddie, too?

I loved this book so much. 

From the descriptions of Capri, to finding out the big secret, to the depth of writing that at points had me on the verge of tears, this was brilliant. 

It follows back in the 1950s the story of Kelly Sinclair in the summer before she is likely to become a Hollywood star, having a summer in Capri, and living it up with her secret leading actor boyfriend. 

And Maddie who in the present day, has been asked by her gran, who is starting to have memory issues, to see if she can find Audrey The only snag is no one in the family has ever heard of Audrey but the only lead she has to go on is Capri.

I loved both stories equally, and especially loved being transported to sunny Capri, which is as beautiful and captivating as I remember it to be. 

But there is more to it than just the search, and Maddie really does grow and develop while she is in Capri, and so do the bonds she has with the rest of her family. 

It's an enchanting story that I couldn't get enough of. 

Thank you to HarperCollins and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.