We are Family

by Lloyd/Rees (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.36

  In affairs of the heart, how far can family loyalties be stretched before they snap?1953, and although the coastal village of Stepmouth appears as idyllic as ever, a passionate feud threatens to shatter the small, tight community. Sixteen-year-old Rachel Vale, wilful and unconventional, has fallen in love with the man her brother hates. When the town is devastated by a vast, unstoppable flood, the Vale family is left broken and irreconcilably divided. Or so it seems.2003, and Laurie Vale, an only child and aspiring artist, takes a phone call from an aunt she never knew existed, only to discover that everything she ever believed about her family is a lie. As the truth unfolds, the hopes and passions buried in the Vale family's past surface once more. Unknowingly, Laurie has also taken the first step towards becoming ensnared in a complex love affair of her own. Divided between Fifties Stepmouth and the searing heat of a present day Mallorcan summer, We Are Family is a modern family saga which explores the conflicting relationships of two very different generations.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.36

  In affairs of the heart, how far can family loyalties be stretched before they snap? When Laurie Vale receives a phone call out of the blue from an aunt she never knew existed, she soon discovers that everything she ever believed about her family is a lie. Fifty years earlier, in the idyllic coastal village of Stepmouth, a forbidden love affair and a devastating flood drove the Vale family apart, but now her aunt is determined that Laurie should know the truth. Laurie escapes to the balmy warmth of Majorca only to find the hopes and passions buried in the past resurfacing in the present. But the more she seeks to heal old wounds, the more she becomes ensnared in a complex love affair of her own. One that could destroy her family for good. A wonderfully entertaining novel about love, family and the secrets that lie just beneath the surface...