A heartrending story of family shame from Sunday Times bestseller, Kitty Neale. A gritty London tale, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court. 1950s Battersea is no place for a shamed woman...Fractured Alison is the youngest daughter of the Butler family. The ugly duckling of three sisters, she has always been treated with disdain by her mother. After years of bullying, she is drawn in by the one man who shows her affection. But when he brutally rapes her, leaving her pregnant, she is cast out. Forgotten Shunned by her family, Alison must start to make her own way and plan a life for herself and her unborn child. But life isn't as bad as she imagined - for the first time she is master of her own destiny. Forgiven? Yet when the baby arrives, Alison feels no love for her new daughter. Terrified that history will repeat itself, can she find a way to love her child? And will she ever find the forgiveness she still craves from her family?
- ISBN10 1847562469
- ISBN13 9781847562463
- Publish Date 2 April 2016 (first published 9 April 2015)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English
- URL http://avon-books.co.uk