Author: Beezy Marsh Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1760554944 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
Eva, Peggy and Kathleen were sisters born into a close-knit working class family, living in a tiny terraced house in a street so rough the police would only walk down it in pairs. As they grew up between the wars, they dreamed of escaping their violent father and the crime-ridden slums of Waterloo. Peggy was a studious girl so appalled by conditions in the factories that she became a Communist. Beautiful Kathleen married an abusive man and later - during the Second World War - fell in love with a GI. Feisty Eva became a pickpocket as a child so she could help their mother put food on the table - and never lost her rebellious streak, or her desire to protect her family by whatever means necessary. As the years pass the sisters all lived close together, sharing each other's lives, supporting each other through hard times. Keeping My Sister's Secrets is a rich, moving story of three sisters fighting to survive through decades of social upheaval, their love for each other the one constant in a changing world.
Author: S.E. Lynes Publisher: Bookouture ISBN: 1800195206 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 388
Book Description
‘WOW!!!… Will keep you on the edge of your seat to the final stunning ending!!… To say I loved this book is an understatement! This book is why I read thrillers! Kept me so captivated… A stunner!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why would you pretend your life is a dream when you’re living a nightmare? I thought my sister was happy. I thought what we all thought: that Annie and Dom led perfect lives in a lovely cottage in a quiet village by the sea, with flowers at the front gate and an apple tree in the garden. Everyone knew them: generous, loving Dom, creative, joyful Annie. But I never saw Annie as she sat waiting for Dom well into the night. I didn’t see her smiling through her tears. I didn’t know what the perfect couple were hiding. So when sirens break the silence of the night and flames rise against the dark sky, and I get the call I never expected, I’m left with a simple burning question: who was to blame? A brilliantly twisty tale of family secrets and the darkness that can lie behind closed doors, Her Sister’s Secret will keep you turning the pages till the final devastating revelation. Fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian Flynn and Louise Candlish will love it. See what everyone’s saying about Her Sister’s Secret: ‘AMAZING… Susie Lynes is the one to blame for the bags under my eyes, for me being unable to focus on work because all I want to do is get back to reading… and for the palpitations in my heart as once again she spun her magical writing web and trapped me inside the pages!… Totally off the scale star rating for me!’ Chapter in my Life, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Incredible… Will stay with me for a loooooong time. Fantastic, Intense, Gripping, Phenomenal!!!!!!!… I loved it.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Suspense, secrets, loss, lies and a shocking ending!!!… Absolutely gripping… I LOVED it’ Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow! Just wow… Grabbed me by the throat from the outset and didn't relinquish its grip until the very end… Will have you gasping (I did literally scream out loud at one point).’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Delicious prose, well rounded characters and mind-bending plot twists… Read it. Devour it. Share it!’ Jenny O’Brien, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘S.E. Lynes does it again!… I didn’t see the final twist coming AT ALL!’ @elizabethsbooks, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A total thriller that will grab you at page one and keep you locked in until you finish… Kept me up way past my bedtime to find out what happened – it is THAT good!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow!… Kept me guessing until the reveal almost at the very end! Fantastic!’ Girl Who Reads, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I couldn’t put it down because I so needed to know what was going on!… A twisty plot with one hell of a good finish, a real didn’t-see-that-coming ending… Compelling and compulsive… Completely blowing my mind’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely stunning… Twisty and thrilling… The kind of novel that you can’t put down, but you don’t want to finish. I absolutely loved it.’ Motherhood for Slackers, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow!… Refreshingly brilliant… A killer twist which you will not predict… I absolutely love it… you are completely engrossed and invested.’ @iheartbooks1991, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Do not pick up this book unless you devote time to read it because once you start… there’s no going back… Will shock you and definitely leave you breathless!’ Two Girls and a Book Obsession, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Author: Diane T. Holmes Publisher: Brighton Publishing LLC ISBN: 9781621835660 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
From author, Diane Holmes, comes a story inspired by the life of her grandmother, Bernadine. In this work of historical fiction, the relationship between Bernadine and her older sister Elizabeth is complicated. Bitterness between them develops when Elizabeth asks Bernadine to keep a deep dark secret about her past. Later, Bernadine must endure betrayal when Elizabeth moves to West Virginia and leaves her behind. The story gives a detailed look at Bernadine's life as she matures, marries, and raises a large family on an Iowa farm, always harboring bittersweet feelings for Elizabeth. Two Sisters' Secret is not just the personal story of Bernadine and Elizabeth but the story of rural America at the turn of the century and beyond - the days of horse-powered farm machinery and transportation, the transition to electric lights and telephones, the sadness, fear, and loneliness of an immigrant in the United States, and the very real hardship of The Great Depression.
Author: Jennifer Ryan Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062944479 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 363
Book Description
If you love Jill Shalvis and Susan Mallery, then you won’t want to miss this heartfelt novel by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan in which sisters must come back together and mend their relationship before it’s too late. There’s nothing more complicated than the relationship among family… And the Silva Sisters are no exception. For Sierra it means returning home with her two little boys after a devastating Napa wildfire takes her home, her job, and even the last mementos of her late husband, David. Determined to start over, how can she ever reveal the truth—that her husband may have led a double life? To the world, Amy’s world is perfect: handsome husband, delightful children, an Instagram-worthy home. But behind this facade lies an awful truth: her marriage is rocky, her children resentful, her home on the verge of breaking up. Heather, impulsive, free-spirited, and single mom to an adorable little girl, lives for the moment wearing a carefree smile. But she refuses to reveal the truth about her daughter’s father, and his identity remains a mystery even to her family. As the Silva Sisters secrets are revealed, each realizes that there is more to their family than meets the eyes…and forgiveness may be the only way to move forward and reclaim true happiness at last.
Author: Helen Edwards Publisher: Pan ISBN: 1743512031 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 411
Book Description
The powerful story of two sisters separated at birth, one abused and one loved, and their search to understand their past. Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed doors, she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginary sister, the only one who understood her pain. Jenny was adopted at six weeks and grew up in Newcastle. An only child, she knew she was loved, and with the support of her parents she went on to become a golfing champion, but still she felt that something was missing... Neither woman knew of the other's existence until, in her fifties, Jenny went looking for her birth family and found her sister Helen. Together they searched for the truth about Jenny's birth - and uncovered a legacy of secrets that overturned everything Helen thought she knew about her family. Happily, they also discovered that they were not just sisters, they were twins. Inspirational and moving, this is the story of two women brave enough to confront their past, and strong enough to let love not bitterness define them.
Author: M. M. DeLuca Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1667201328 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 368
Book Description
You lost her. You'll find her. I want to tell my husband, Guy, everything about my past. Honestly, I do. He's been so wonderful, providing me with a life of comfort and love, a world away from the dark life I had before. He deserves the truth. But if he finds out who I really am, the perfect life I've built will come crashing down around my ears. And that can't happen. Not yet. Not until I find out what his family did to my little sister. A completely addictive thriller that will keep you guessing into the early hours of the morning. Perfect for fans of The Perfect Couple, Lisa Jewell, and Phoebe Morgan.
Author: Matthew Valan Publisher: ISBN: 9781946163042 Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Languages : en Pages : 105
Book Description
Sister Secrets: A Brother¿s Reveal is a study in regret and hope for living with family members who suffer from mental illness, in this case, two sisters who grew up in the Red River Valley during a time when mental health was seldom considered part of a wellness plan. One sister is dead. The other is in prison. Sister Secrets is written by their brother, Matthew Valan, who examines family dynamics¿farm life in rural North Dakota and Minnesota, an often-absent father involved in politics, and sexual abuse¿in a time and place where people often did not talk publicly (or even privately) about mental illness. His work is a revelation of glimpses, a quest to understand what may have led his sisters to act in the ways they did. His search for answers led him into dark spaces of their family life, spaces of which as a child and a younger man, he may have been aware but did not comprehend. In the course of Valan¿s research and writing, a measure of wholeness and healing came to him, unearthing a passion to help people unlock the secrets of their own lives.
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698193660 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 354
Book Description
No one does romantic suspense better than Jayne Ann Krentz. Now, the New York Times bestselling author of Untouchable and Promise Not to Tell delivers a novel that twists and turns into a read that will leave you breathless. Madeline and Daphne were once as close as sisters—until a secret tore them apart. Now, it might take them to their graves.... Nearly two decades after her childhood—and her friendship with Daphne—were destroyed in one traumatic night, a dying man’s last words convey a warning to Madeline: the secrets she believed buried forever have been discovered. Unable to trust anyone else, Madeline reaches out to Daphne and to the only man she can count on to help: Jack Rayner, a security expert with a profoundly intimate understanding of warped and dangerous minds. Along with his high-tech genius of a brother, the four of them will form an uneasy alliance against a killer who will stop at nothing to hide the truth....
Author: Brenda Novak Publisher: MIRA ISBN: 1460395999 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 285
Book Description
Did she once have a sister? Has her mother lied all these years? After a painful divorce, Maisey Lazarow returns to Fairham, the small island off the South Carolina coast where she grew up. She goes there to heal—and to help her brother, Keith, a deeply troubled man who's asked her to come home. But she refuses to stay in the family house. The last person she wants to see is the wealthy, controlling mother she escaped years ago. Instead, she finds herself living next door to someone else she'd prefer to avoid—Rafe Romero, the wild, reckless boy to whom she lost her virginity at sixteen. He's back on the island, and to her surprise, he's raising a young daughter alone. Maisey's still attracted to him, but her heart's too broken to risk… Then something even more disturbing happens. She discovers a box of photographs that evoke distant memories of a little girl, a child Keith remembers, too. Maisey believes the girl must've been their sister, but their mother claims there was no sister. Maisey is convinced that child existed. So where is she now?
Author: Tracy Buchanan Publisher: Avon Books ISBN: 9780007579396 Category : Family secrets Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The #1 bestseller! ADDICTIVE, GRIPPING and EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL, this is the perfect read for your summer holiday escape. Everything you've built your life on is a lie Willow's memories of her parents are sun-drenched and full of smiles, love and laughter. But a mysterious invitation to a photographic exhibition exposes a secret that's been buried since a tragic accident years ago. Willow is forced to question everything she knew about Charity, her late mother, and Hope, the aunt she's lived with since she was a child. How was the enigmatic photographer connected to Willow's parents? Why will Hope not break her silence? Willow cannot move forward in her life without answers. But who can she really trust? Because no one has been telling the truth for a very long time.
Author: Beezy Marsh
Author: S.E. Lynes
Author: Diane T. Holmes
Author: Jennifer Ryan
Author: Helen Edwards
Author: M. M. DeLuca
Author: Matthew Valan
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
Author: Brenda Novak
Author: Tracy Buchanan