Description
Mary Cooper is miserable. On the threshold of adulthood, she is painfully aware that Deborah, her younger sister, is prettier and more popular than Mary will ever be. But life at Gunthwaite Hall, her father’s farm, is settled and peaceful – until the return from Canada of her father’s brother, Gabriel, with his wife and son. Suddenly nothing is simple any more. Mary has lived her life as if it was built on solid foundations. She has grown up amidst warmth and love that seemed to her indestructible. Now she comes to see that the past has returned to haunt her mother, her father – and Mary herself Piece by piece she starts to put together a new and disturbing reality, threatening to shatter her life. Unable to confide in anyone, she decides to escape to London, only to
find – like her mother before her – that you can never run away from yourself Elizabeth Walker explores her heroine’s search for identity and her struggle to come to terms with the secrets of the past with the sharp insight and passion that her readers have come to expect from this bestselling author.
Originally sold in New Zealand for $18.95
In excellent preloved condition with the exception of minor damage (5-8mm wide by 25mm long) to the side of three pages. Otherwise in pristine condition.
602 pages