Teddy

Paperback Published on: 03/07/2025
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Teddy
American Dream
This book is a breath of fresh air, I couldn’t put it down! It’s addictive from the very beginning, with characters you can’t help but love. A unrel... READ MORE
Chloe at Manchester Arndale
Teddy
Bubbly, Boujee and Beppo (the cat)
Emily Dunlay has hit the jackpot with this beauty of a debut, set to the backdrop of an italian summer in the political landscape of 1960s American politic... READ MORE
Lexie  Knight

Synopsis

Teddy has earned a fresh start. But some secrets just won't stay hidden…

It is the summer of 1969 and Rome is awash with glamour and intrigue. Teddy Huntley Carlyle is fresh off a plane from Texas with a new husband in tow and a new life on the horizon. After some wayward years of bad men and bad decisions, she’s promised herself a fresh start. In Rome, Teddy will be good. She will wear the right clothes and the perfect lipstick and she will charm her husband’s colleagues at the Embassy.

And Teddy is good, until the Fourth of July, when her new life explodes with the fireworks above her head. She is caught on camera in the arms of the American ambassador just moments after spotting a man from the darkest corner of her past across the room. There it is: the evidence of her depravity on film. Trying to recover the photographs and keep her reputation intact, Teddy descends into the dark underbelly of the city… but is she in over her head?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780008669751
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
  • Weight: 220g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Teddy
A must read for 2024
If I could award this book a 10 I would. It reminded me of Ibsen's "Dolls house" and the film "Don't worry darling". It tells the claustrophobic, constra... READ MORE
Paula Sterling-stead
Teddy
A must read in 2024
If I could award this book a 10 I would. It reminded me of Ibsen's "Dolls house" and the film "Don't worry darling". It tells the claustrophobic, constrai... READ MORE
paula sterling-stead
Teddy
A good debut novel
A very good debut novel. Teddy is set in Rome in the late 1960's, and follows 34 year old Texan Teddy Huntley Carlyle, who, having lost her virginity at... READ MORE
@SezzThomas
Teddy
American Gothic
Teddy by Emily Dunlay: In late 1969, America, Teddy Huntley is an art student. She’s also desired by men. She marries a government official, moves to ... READ MORE
Kev McCready
Teddy
You must read this book!
This book was so much more than I expected and I simply could not put it down. The characters were so engaging and believable, I really felt like I could r... READ MORE
Renee Southern
Teddy
Rollicking read
This was a book club choice by the Fiction Addiction bookclub. Witty and entertaining, a great holiday read!
Alison Cassidy
Teddy
Glamour and intrigue
Teddy is a member of a rich and powerful Texan family but has remained unmarried until now. She has moved to Rome with her new husband full of good intent... READ MORE
Jo-anne Atkinson
Teddy
Loved it!
Emily Dunlay transport us to glamorous Rome in 1969. The Eternal City, the Dolce Vita, the history, the glamour of the Via Condotti where doors to Gucci o... READ MORE
Celia Short
Teddy
Oozes glamour
Teddy is one of those books that grabs you right from page one and sinks its red taloned claws into you and just spits you out at the end. We’re caught up ... READ MORE
Jane Armstrong