<p>Charming, talky, wryly funny, poignant and original - <em>Rise and Shine</em> is a love story, yes, but it's a love story that happens ten years into a marriage, when somebody wants out.</p>
<p>This is a story about marriage. It is also a story about life and love and happiness and the absence of happiness and what we need to do to find it again.</p><p>It's a story about hope, baking, making music, lemon trees, painting, love, divorce, dogs, the families we create for ourselves, and the heat of the Brisbane sun.</p><p>It's a story about August and Noah.</p><p>It begins at the end.</p><p><em>Rise and Shine </em>is an utterly surprising delight, a break-up tale that is also a love story; endearing, astringent, talky, wry, wise, uplifting and so original.</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>RISE AND SHINE</em></strong></p><p>'Beautiful and charming' <em>Good Reading</em></p><p>'A love story the colour of sunshine, bittersweet and with a fragrance that haunts a room, about finding joy in tending to something without knowing if it will ever bear fruit. Warm and charming' CLARE FLETCHER</p><p>'Assured, tender and observant, Allsopp writes about love and marriage with forensic clarity' JESSICA DETTMANN</p><p>'A love story that made me laugh, a comedy that warmed my heart' LAUREN SAMS</p><p>'Utterly delightful. Kimberley Allsopp has written a novel about all of us and the glorious mess that is grown-up life' FRANCES WHITING</p>
