
She’s fourteen and eighteen, respectively, in those two novels and ever since the last one was published over a decade ago, I’ve been receiving emails from fans asking me to write a book to let them know where Maddie is now. 6) The other major female protagonist, Maddie Warner, is also taken from two of my earlier novels, Falling Home and After the Rain.In The Last Night in London we meet Precious again fifty-five years later as she’s preparing to celebrate her one hundredth birthday-and reveal long-hidden secrets that are only hinted at in the previous book.



There is a photograph I discovered on the Internet of Mick Jagger on the roof of Harley House-in the exact same spot where I spent an entire day in 7th grade skipping school to read Gone With the Wind. 2) There are several references to the famous people who have lived in Harley House since it was built in 1904, including Mick Jagger.1) The flat in the apartment building in London, Harley House, where both the historical portion and present-day part of the story are set, was the same flat I lived in for 7 years.
