Secrets

Author(s): Lesley Pearse

Art

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

General Information

  • : 9780141016962
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.425
  • : January 2005
  • : 181mm X 112mm X 36mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Lesley Pearse
  • : English
  • : 560