PRE-ORDER
No One But You
by Tessa
Levy
No One But You by Tessa Levy is due for
publication on 6 February 2018 but is currently available for pre-order from the publisher.
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Description
The book is a fictional account of a young girl's story based on the true
life of Tessa Levy, the author, who co-wrote the book with her youngest
daughter Shelley Cassidy. From the post-war East End of London, to the high
life of America and back again. It portrays a young girl's yearning for
adventure and opportunity and ultimately love, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Tessa, the main character, was the youngest child of a large family and
had the responsibility of caring for her beloved dying mother. When her father
secretly marries another woman, who moves into their home with her three
children, Tessa's world is shattered. She seeks solace from distant cousins
whom she has never met in America, with whom she secretly commences correspondence.
She reveals her situation and she is invited to stay with her cousins.
At the tender age of 17, she sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. A
year and a half later, she returns to England as a glamorous young women,
having fallen in love for the first time. However, she crosses the cultural
divide and struggles to resettle, despite her family's best efforts to
reintegrate her into their Jewish community in London. Eventually meeting the
man she will marry, she suffers another painful premature family death.
She embarks on motherhood and a career, which she loves and excels at.
However, life continues to challenge her happiness and she finds herself torn
between the two loves of her life: the handsome, poetic and artistic Gus in
America, and the charismatic, successful, but disloyal David in England, both
so very different.
Once again, the Atlantic splits her heart. Her romantic adventure, back
and forth between the two countries, ultimately answer the underlying theme of
the book; whether it is possible to love two men in one life.
About the Author
Tessa Levy was born in the in the East End of London, as the youngest of
six children in a Jewish family; Russian immigrants to England before the
Second World War. The author, like her brothers in the fashion business and her
husband in the nightclub trade of Soho, made a success of her antique business
– a truly entrepreneurial woman in an era when business was dominated by men - specializing in Imari porcelain and creating an established presence in the
Kensington Pavilion.
Now in her 80s, Tessa resides in West London, opposite Hyde Park, and
maintains one foot on either side of the pond. No One But You is Tessa Levy’s
first book, based on real events, which brings to light a topical immigrant
family story of displacement, hardship, disease and death, but also of
inclusion, friendship, love and success. It crosses the divide not only between
two cultural differences, but also two faiths and families.
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