Book description
In this powerful evocation of working-class South London in the 1950s,
drama and heartbreak wreak havoc in the life of young Daisy Bacon,
guardian of her Cousin Lizzie. When her mother Judith is run over and
killed outside their house, Daisy retreats into a world of silence.
Blaming herself for the accident, the girl is unable to utter a word.
The happy family home becomes a prison, with her stepmother Vera as the
cruel jailer. It is cousin Lizzie, who will always remain a child, who
brings sunshine back to Daisy's life. However, only when Henry Bacon
discovers his new wife's shocking secret does Daisy herself find true
happiness, and in a way that she could never have anticipated? Kitty
Neale was brought up in Battersea and now lives in Aldershot. After a
tragic event in her own life she began working as a bereavement
counsellor, before turning to writing full time.
