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Walking on Sunshine

Giovanna Fletcher
Chapters (46)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. By the same author
  4. Dedication
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 5
  10. 6
  11. 7
  12. 8
  13. 9
  14. 10
  15. 11
  16. 12
  17. 13
  18. 14
  19. Three Months Later
  20. 15
  21. 16
  22. 17
  23. 18
  24. 19
  25. 20
  26. 21
  27. 22
  28. 23
  29. 24
  30. 25
  31. 26
  32. 27
  33. 28
  34. 29
  35. 30
  36. 31
  37. 32
  38. 33
  39. 34
  40. 35
  41. 36
  42. 37
  43. Epilogue – Five Years Later
  44. Acknowledgements
  45. An extra note from me …
  46. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

Cover

Walking on Sunshine
Penguin Random House

About the Author

Giovanna Fletcher is a number one bestselling author and podcast creator.

With eleven titles under her belt so far, she is one of the UK’s most successful women’s fiction authors; she has also written two non-fiction works focusing on parenting and motherhood. Her podcast Happy Mum, Happy Baby has over seven million downloads to date and has featured a range of celebrity guests, including the Duchess of Cambridge.

Giovanna is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, a patron for CoppaFeel!, and she also works closely with Tommy’s and Save the Children. In 2020 she was crowned I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’s Queen of The Castle.

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You’re the One That I Want

Christmas With Billy and Me

Dream a Little Dream

Dream a Little Christmas Dream

Always With Love

Some Kind of Wonderful

Eve of Man

The Eve Illusion

Happy Mum, Happy Baby: My Adventures in Motherhood

Letters on Motherhood

Dedication

To anyone who has ever walked alongside, in front of or behind me – all in the name of boob-loving CoppaFeel! – Thank you.

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1

Zaza

A smile is plastered on my face. It’s a big smile – a toothy one, my huge mouth wide, my full lips stretched from ear to ear. I’ve been told on many occasions my smile lights up the room. Judging by the grins being fired back at me by our family and friends, I imagine my smile is doing the trick. Spreading joy. Spreading love. Playing its part.

By my side, Liam says something funny. The crowd cackle and cheer. He pulls me into his hip with one big swoop of his arm and kisses me on the cheek. Perhaps as an apology? Did he just crack a joke at my expense? Does his affection mean to reassure me? Appease me?

I wasn’t listening.

I’d better listen.

I should be listening.

It’s not enough to smile.

I have to be present.

‘In all seriousness though, everyone in this room is in no doubt about who wears the trousers in this relationship,’ he says into the mic, his voice booming around the back end of The Plough Inn – our favourite pub in West London’s leafy Ealing that’s seen us in various states over the years: sober, tipsy, drunk, debauched, full of joy and love, tired, worried, scared, alone, heartbroken – utterly broken. Distraught.

Must.

Listen.