Secrets

by Lesley Pearse (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $8.81

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.47

  Set in the 1930's, the new novel from bestselling author Lesley Pearse tells the story of one girl's struggle against cruelty and, her quest for love. Adele Talbot is twelve when her younger sister is killed in a road accident in London's Kings Cross, and her mother Rose so devastated by the loss begins to abuse her. Adele is sent to a children's home in Tunbridge Wells, but soon runs away to trace her grandmother- Honour who she has discovered lives in Sussex. But Honour is a bitter, eccentric woman who is not best pleased to see her grandaughter. Eventually the two forge some sort of bond and Honour allows Adele to stay. When Adele meets Michael Bailey on the marshes two years later and real love and friendship enter her life, she feels she can finally put her hurtful past behind her. But then war breaks out and as if that wasn't upheaval enough, Rose decides to rear her ugly head again. And she has a few unpleasant surprises for Adele

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $11.85

  Secrets is the latest in a long line of hits from Lesley Pearse, bestselling author. 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 insane. But when the owner betrays her trust 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? Lesley Pearse, author of the UK and international best-sellers Hope and Charlie, explores a tangled web of family secrets and past transgressions through the eyes of the unforgettable Adele in her compelling novel Secrets. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a Susan Lewis novel won't be able to put this down. Praise for Lesley Pearse: With characters it is impossible not to care about...this is storytelling at its very best. (Daily Mail). Lose yourself in this epic saga. (Bella). An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry. (Woman's Weekly).