Book description
You can't choose your family…
When Sally and her family have to move back to Candle Lane to look
after her grandmother, the cracks in their family soon begin to show.
Another compelling family drama from the Sunday Times bestselling
author of Lost Angel and Nobody's Girl.
CRUEL When her beloved Gran has a stroke, Sally and her family move
back home in order to look after her. But Sadie's illness has made the
wise woman they once knew bigoted and bad-tempered. Sadie is testing
everyone's patience, including Sally's mum Ruth, and her husband Arthur.
CALLOUS Their problems are nothing compared with Tommy, the little
ruffian next door. With an absentee father and an alcoholic mother,
Tommy has a hard life. However, Ruth sees the good in him and takes him
under her wing, but his unpredictable and violent mother has other ideas.
CRISIS Meanwhile, the stress of living cheek-by-jowl with Sally's
family is starting to push Arthur away. As cracks in their marriage
begin to appear, both Sally and Arthur must work out where their
priorities lie before it's too late…
Another compelling family drama from the Sunday Times bestselling
author of Lost Angel and Nobody's Girl. Praise for Lost Angel:
'Lost Angel is a heart-breaking yet essentially uplifting and inspiring
story, full of warmth, hope and the indomitable human ability to
overcome adversity.'
Lancashire Evening Post
'emotive story of loss and hope'
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Praise for Nobody's Girl and Sins of the Father:
'This pageturner is a gritty tale of survival.' Tesco magazine
'Heartbreakingly poignant and joltingly realistic. From the first page
the characters and their lives drew me in. It combines wonderfully
accurate historical detail with true gritty realism in a book that fans
of misery lit won't want to miss.' Annie Groves, author of Daughters of Liverpool
'Full of drama and heartache.'
Closer
'A gritty tale.' Bella
Praise for Lost Angel:
'A moving tale of love, hope and family.' Closer Kitty Neale was
raised in South London and this working class area became the
inspiration for her novels. In the 1980s she moved to Surrey with her
husband and two children, but in 1998 there was a catalyst in her life
when her son died, aged just 27.
After working for 2 years with other bereaved parents in a support
group, Kitty took up writing as a form of catharsis, and now lives in
Spain with her husband.
