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Secrets

by Lesley Pearse

First published 2004

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In 1930, twelve-year-old Adele Talbot loses her younger sister in a road accident and becomes the target of her mother Rose’s grief and abuse. Sent to a children’s home, Adele runs away and searches for her grandmother Honour in Sussex, arriving ill and uncertain whether she will be allowed to remain.

Life on the Rye Marshes and her friendship with Michael Bailey offer Adele a route towards nursing, love and independence. The outbreak of the Second World War and Rose’s return expose family secrets that threaten the future Adele and Michael expected to build.

Historical Periods

Great Depression1929–1939 CE World War II1939–1945 CE

Genres

Coming-of-Age Fiction Historical Sagas Romance Social & Domestic Fiction War Fiction

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