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Mary has a secret that she mustn't tell. But in a care home, with her mind wandering, she's starting to slip up. Clearing out her grandmother's old room, Lucy finds something hidden that wasn't supposed to be found - a locket sheltering a shameful family secret. She can't tell her mother. Not with their father gone, one brother absent and another acting up. Her mother was struggling with her mental health just a few years ago. Lucy will have to make sense of it all herself.

In a beautifully told drama of family secrets, Helen Stancey once again picks through the everyday of life to uncover poetry, pain and ultimately love.

About the Author
Helen Stancey was born and brought up in Yorkshire. After attending University College London with a degree in English, she decided to remain in the capital, where she is still currently living. She was briefly involved in the fringe theatre, before qualifying in psychology and teaching in various colleges. Helen Stancey is married with three children. During the earlier years of her writing career she produced mostly poetry as well as some short dramatic pieces for children. Later she published two novels, Words in 1983 and 'Common Ground' in 1986, and her most recent work, a collection of short stories, The Madonna of the Pool, which was published in July 2017.

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'In the poised assurance of its writing...one has a sense of a writer gifted with an instinctive sense of how to tell a story' -The Spectator

'Writing so accomplished...' -The Tablet

'Palpable excellence' -The Literary Review

'A beautifully observed exploration of the power and pain of family secrets' -Emma Timpany, author of Travelling in the Dark

'Helen Stancey's style is beautifully immediate and natural, as if you were looking over the author's shoulder, watching and listening, rather than reading. In this gripping saga of family secrets, Helen displays the storyteller's gift of creating lively, sympathetic characters, and a plot that flows with a well-crafted rightness and inevitability. A highly relatable book' -Fiona Vigo Marshall, author of The House of Marvellous Books

'A tender, and uplifting exploration of the mysteries and meaning of family, for three generations of women striving to fulfil their destinies' -Rebecca Fraser, author of The Mayflower Generation and journalist



Book Information
ISBN 9781912054862
Author Helen Stancey
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Fairlight Books
Publisher Fairlight Books

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