Book description
When Jenny Simmons, the ugly duckling of her family, blossoms into a
swan, the world seems to be at her feet. And when she meets Bryn
Thompson, an amateur boxer, her happiness is complete. But life has some
cruel blows in store for her - not least a well-kept family secret which
will devastate her and threaten her very life. Helen Hall has recently
qualified as a doctor and returned to the family home in Hillsbridge,
trying to escape a complicated romance. Helen realises that she has it
in her power to help Jenny, but will doing so cost her the job she
loves? Evocative and enthralling, A Family Affair portrays the lives,
loves, hopes and tragedies of the families who live in the shadows of
the Black Mountains. Janet Tanner is a prolific and well-loved author
and has twice been shortlisted for RNA awards. Many of her novels are
multi-generational sagas, and some - in particular the Hillsbridge
Quartet - are based on her own working class background in a Somerset
mining community. More recently, she has been writing historical and
well-received Gothic novels for Severn House - a reviewer for Booklist,
a trade publication in the United States, calls her “a master of the
Gothic genre”. Besides publication in the UK and US, Janet's books have
also been translated into dozens of languages and published all over the
world. Before turning to novels she was a prolific writer of short
stories and serials, with hundreds of stories appearing in various
magazines and publications worldwide. Janet lives in Radstock, Somerset.
