Secrets - Brossura

Pearse, Lesley

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0141046074 ISBN 13: 9780141046075

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2009

Riassunto

It's 1930, and Secrets tells the tale of one girl caught in family mystery, a struggle against cruelty, and a quest for love . . .

This is just one of many captivating novels from the international NO.1 BESTSELLING author Lesley Pearse.

Without her mother she is alone in the world . . .

Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away . . .

Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However the journey, without food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill. Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes, Adele is nursed back to health.

Can she now dream of a new life? But what will happen when her mother reappears, bearing shocking family secrets?

Cathy Kelly and Josephine Cox fans will swiftly fall for Lesley Pearse's mesmerising novels - you'll want to read them again and again . . .

'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail

'Utterly riveting, brilliant' Closer

'Lose yourself in this epic saga' Bella

'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly

Su questo libro

Recensione:

It's 1930, and Secrets tells the tale of one girl caught in family mystery, a struggle against cruelty, and a quest for love . . . (from the publisher's description)

With characters it is impossible not to care about, this is storytelling at its very best (Daily Mail)

An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry (Woman’s Weekly)

L'autore:

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother, before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley lives in Devon and has three daughters and four grandchildren.

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0141046074
• ISBN 13: 9780141046075
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 576