Trust Me - Softcover

Pearse, Lesley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140293353 ISBN 13: 9780140293357

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Synopsis

Two young sisters sent far, far from home ...

When tragedy deprives little Dulcie Taylor and her sister May of their parents, they are sent first to an orphanage and then shipped off to begin a new life in Australia. But the 'better life' the sisters are promised in this new and exciting country turns out to be a lie.

It seems everyone who ever stood up for them, who ever said 'trust me', somehow betrays that trust: their parents, teachers and the sisters at the convent. But then Dulcie meets Ross, another orphanage survivor, and finds a kindred spirit. Can Dulcie ever get over the pain of the past and learn to trust again? And does she have the strength to fight for her own happiness as well as that of her sister?

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Review:

There are some elements in good saga writing that never fail, and Lesley Pearse has the full measure of them in Trust Me. She is particularly good on the theme of the orphanage survivor who makes her way in a hostile world: familiar, perhaps, but rarely treated with the colour and exuberance found here. Dulcie Taylor and her sister May, who have spent their lives having their trust betrayed by those who claim they will look after them, begin a new life in a new country. Australia soon turns out to be a grim illusion, however, until Dulcie meets Ross, who has also known what it is to be an orphanage survivor. With a narrative that has the epic qualities of the country it is set in, Pearse is able to deal with the growth of trust and love between the characters in a wholly convincing fashion, with Dulcie a memorably drawn heroine. --Barry Forshaw

Review:

Trust Me is a powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy. For one girl betrayal goes hand in hand with trust . . .

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

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140293353
• ISBN 13: 9780140293357
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 720