Steve and Julie Carter's 'These Things Take Time' is a beautiful, nostalgic and compelling tale of growing up in northern England in the 1960s and 1970s.

A chance encounter in a playground leads two children to meet and fall in love. Over the next 40 years fate intervenes to constantly keep them apart.

Was meeting the right person at the wrong time simply their destiny, or is it that 'These Things Take Time?'

Praise for These Things Take Time:

'It is so beautifully written, so descriptive of a time. I smiled constantly as I read it, without a break, laughed out loud and cried.'

'From a man that is lambasted by his wife for never reading fiction books this is a game changer for me, and I lost count of the nudges on the plane with you MUST read this love.'

'As I was reading your book, I not only had the words in front of me but the images in my head.'

'It's a celebration of life, love and faith.'

From the press release:

'Poignant and page-turning, this latest novel from husband and wife writing team Stephen and Julie Carter offers an eloquent recounting of the chemistry that ignited between Angela and 'Pele' in childhood and continues to flicker for the next forty years.

The heart of this novel is all about love at first sight, immersing readers in the realities of growing up in a northern working-class town in the 1960s and 1970s. When fate intervenes, they discover that forming romantic relationships with other people isn't easy when the deep connection to each other refuses to break.

The plot unfolds in six chapters -- starting in 1969 and concluding in 2010. The descriptive detail of the novel's protagonists and the northern working-class environment is nostalgic, beautiful, and authentic.'

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