Jumping to Conclusions

by SarahChallis (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $3.25

  A couple of books bought secondhand from a village jumble sale; in the front, a name - Johnnie Bearsden - scrawled in a childish hand. This is all it takes for old wounds to open and rumours to begin swirling again. Rumours about little Izzy Haddon, whose mother, Jess, has kept the identity of her daughter's father a secret for seven years. Now Johnnie Bearsden is coming back to the village with his American wife and children. Everyone has always assumed that he is Izzy's father, but Jess will neither confirm nor deny it. She simply maintains a resolute silence, and gets on with what she does best - riding racehorses in point-to-points. But Jess's mother, who looks after her little granddaughter Izzy, and loves her with a passion, quite rightly suspects that things cannot long go on as they are. Sooner or later the story must break, and when it does, there will surely be terrible consequences.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  A couple of books bought secondhand from a village jumble sale; in the front, a name - Johnnie Bearsden - scrawled in a childish hand. This is all it takes for old wounds to open and rumours to begin swirling again. Who is the father of seven-year-old Izzy Haddon - her mother, Jess, has never revealed the secret. Now Johnnie is coming back to the village with his American wife and children. Everyone has always assumed that he is Izzy's father, but Jess maintains her resolute silence and gets on with what she does best - riding racehorses in point-to-points. Jess's mother, who looks after her little granddaughter Izzy, and loves her with a passion, rightly suspects that things cannot long go on as they are. And when the story breaks, there will surely be terrible consequences.

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $12.51

  Point-to-point jockey Jess Haddon has maintained a resolute silence about the identity of the father of her little daughter, Izzy. But that hasn't stopped the rumours swirling around their small Dorset village. Izzy's adoring grandmother Belinda is not the only one who believes Jess must have had a fling with charming Johnnie Bearsden before he moved to America with his family.

  
  
  

  Belinda is certain Jess's secret cannot be kept for ever. And when she discovers Johnnie is back in the area, she knows everything is about to change. Sooner or later the story must break, and when it does, there will surely be terrible consequences.