The Shared Umbrella

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Eleanor Ashcroft has spent her life learning how to belong in the right rooms, carry the right name, and meet the expectations attached to both. At university in Norcaster, she expects to continue doing exactly that—until she meets Daniel Fletcher, an engineering student from the working-class side of the city whose easy humor and quiet kindness unsettle everything she thought she understood about belonging.

Their friendship begins beneath a shared umbrella on a rainy afternoon and grows through ordinary walks, conversations, shared silences, and the growing realization that neither of them can quite remain unchanged by the other. But Eleanor's family has expectations for her future, and Daniel knows too well what it can cost to cross the boundaries that separate their worlds.

Set against the bridges, river, university, and industrial streets of Norcaster, The Shared Umbrella is a quiet historical romance about class, family, choice, and the enduring weight of a love that asks two people to decide what kind of life they truly want.

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Date de publication

Livre audio : 30 août 2026