Book description
Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man…
It's 1954 and Adam Carter is twelve years old, an only child with no
friends nor any self confidence. His father Edward is a bully of a man.
A successful and ruthless businessman, he breeds fear into the heart of
his family. Adam's mother Peggy is too cowed to protect her son, so
Adam's only support comes in the shape of Jake Wallis, the school bus driver.
One particular afternoon, when Adam is his last drop of the day, Jake
decides to accompany him along the darkening wood land to his house,
never suspecting that as they chat innocently, in the house at the end
of the track a terrible tragedy is unfolding which will change Adam's
life forever. Praise for Josephine Cox:
'Thanks to her near faultless writing, sympathies will lurch from one
character to another, and as events reach their dramatic conclusion
readers will find it impossible to tear themselves away.' News of the World
'Another hit for Josephine Cox' Sunday Express
'Cox's talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail
Josephine Cox was born in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of
sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons.
When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and
eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to
take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went
into teaching - and started to write her first full-length novel. She
won the 'Superwoman of Great Britain' Award, for which her family had
secretly entered her, at the same time as her novel was accepted for
publication.
