Author:Gilda O'Neill
This captivating and compelling East End saga, set in the run up to World War Two, is just what fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Donna Douglas will love. Written in the evocative style we've come to love from bestselling author Gilda O'Neill, you'll feel as if you are right in the thick of the action. The perfect dose of escapism...
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'Very well written - had me gripped from beginning to end' - 5 STARS
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WILL SHE FIND THE LOVE SHE IS LOOKING FOR?
All big-hearted Katie Mehan ever wanted was health and happiness for her family and the love of her husband, Pat.
But as work at the docks gets scarcer and the political unrest of the 1930s begins to impinge on them, she wonders if even this is too much to ask. Especially when Pat begins to show the strain in fits of temper aimed, to her astonishment, at Katie herself.
Meanwhile their 16-year-old daughter Molly is getting an increasing amount of attention from boys in the area, in particular from the masterful and confident Bob Jarvis. But Jarvis has a darker side - his links with the violent Blackshirts.
And when Molly meets another boy, Jewish Simon Blomstein, she begins to realise life isn't as simple as she thought it was. . .
It's 1930, and Secrets tells the tale of one girl caught in family mystery, a struggle against cruelty, and a quest for love . . .
—— from the publisher's descriptionWith characters it is impossible not to care about, this is storytelling at its very best
—— Daily MailAn emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry
—— Woman’s WeeklyCombines dazzling erudition with assured narrative skills to offer glimpses of some of history's darkest corners, and stark and timely challenges to the very notions of civilisation and progress
—— Independent on SundayA dazzling hall of mirrors... Ferociously ambitious... Illumined by a fizzing passion for the recondite
—— Daily TelegraphAn astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted
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—— Sunday Telegraph[White Teeth] established a model for how to make sense-and art-out of the complexity, diversity and pluck that have defined the beginning of this century
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