Paperback. Pub Date :2013-02-01 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: Quercus Publishing Annie Delancey is happily married with three grown children. But she guards a secret. Aged eighteen she had a baby boy. and gave him up for adoption . Out of the blue. she receives an official-looking letter from Social Services. Her son wants to make contact. As the son she has never known comes back into her life. his presence begins to expose the cracks in the family that Annie now has to try. desperately. to hold together.
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'a serious and mature read that puts the spotlight on the issues of family acceptance and loyalty ... engaging and interesting' Chicklitclub. (Chicklitclub)
'This well-observed tale of family life is told with warmth and sprinkled with a dash of humour' Candis. (Candis)
'Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller' Closer. (Closer)
'I was ripping through this book ... addictive' Evening Standard. (Evening Standard)
'At times, this is heartbreaking, yet is at heart a very human story about the complications arising from keeping secrets in family life' Image magazine. (Image magazine)
'a speedy, engrossing read' Take A Break. (Take A Break)
'This is a book which gets to the heart of what it means to be a mother as Annie tries to balance everyone's expectations' WI magazine. (WI magazine)
Hilary Boyd trained as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, then as a marriage guidance counselor. After a degree in English Literature at London University in her thirties, she moved into health journalism, writing a Mind, Body, Spirit column for the Daily Express. She published six non-fiction books on health-related subjects before turning to fiction and writing a string of bestsellers, starting with Thursdays in the Park. Hilary is married to film director/producer Don Boyd and lives near Chichester, West Sussex.
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