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Pics/Interview: 88 Year Old Author Launches Novel At The Arch in London

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88-Year-Old Author, Tessa Levy, Launches Debut Novel - No One But You - At London Launch

 

Photos from the launch party:http://bit.ly/2DM3NsO

 

../../Tessa%20Levy%20-%20It%20had%20to%20be%20you%20-%20PRESS/No%20one%20but%20you%20front%20cover%20Sept%2017.jpgFriday 25thMay 2018, London, United Kingdom: Sixty people celebrated the release of No One But You at The Arch in London, the hotel where Tessa Levy and her LA-based, artist daughter, Shelley Cassidy, spent many hours working together to create the fictionalised version of an incredible life story.From war-torn London, to thehigh life of America and back to a very different life in England, this enchanting story portrays a young girl's yearning for adventure, opportunity and ultimately an enduring love, on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

Tessa was the youngest child of a large family and had the responsibility of caring for her beloved, dying mother at an early age. 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 but who she has secretly been writing to for months. When Tessa is forced to reveal the truth, an unexpected twist of fate sees her escaping her tumultuous London life - aged just 17 - to travel across the Atlantic to stay with her American cousins.

Tessa Levy says:"From the moment the book was finished, I knew that one day I would get the chance to celebrate with my friends and family. The idea of being able to see people holding copies of No One But You, enjoying good food and wine, and signing books for people, kept me going throughout the publishing process. It's a long journey and last night was the end of the beginning. Now, I hope that more and more people will get the chance to read No One But You and enjoy a story of an important time in our modern history."

 

A year and a half later, Tessa returns to England as a glamorous young woman, having fallen in love for the first time, and discovered her true identity as a strong, empowered and incredible person. However, as she crosses the cultural divide and struggles to resettle, despite her family's best efforts to reintegrate her into their Jewish community in London, Tessa goes through a series of challenges, relationships and roles. Eventually, she meets the man she will marry, but suffers another painful, premature family death. She embarks on motherhood and a career with her trademark resilience. 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 Michael 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; is it possible to love two men in one lifetime?

 

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 - specialising in Imari porcelain and creating an established presence in the Kensington Pavilion.

 

Now in her late 80s, Tessa resides in West London, opposite Hyde Park, and maintains one foot on either side of the pond.No One But Youis 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.

 

ESSENTIAL DETAILS

Title:No One But You

Author:Tessa Levy

Genre:Women's Fiction, Romance

Publisher:Filament Publishing

Publication date:24/05/18

Availability:Paperback, International distribution

ISBN:978-1912256051

Price: £14.99

Website:https://tessalevyauthor.wordpress.com/

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