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Readers of Lisa Jewell and Simone St. James will delight in this haunting, touching story of mothers, daughters, and belonging--and the devastating lies families tell themselves in order to survive.An isolated forest estate.A family with a terrible secret.The discovery that changes everything.England, 1970. On the one-year anniversary of the Harrington family's darkest night, their beautiful London home goes up in flames. Mrs. Harrington, the two children, and live-in nanny Rita relocate to Foxcote Manor, ostensibly to recuperate. But the creeping forest, where lost things have a way of coming back, is not as restful as it seems. When thirteen-year-old Hera discovers a baby girl abandoned just beyond their garden gate, this tiniest, most wondrous of secrets brings a much-needed sunlit peace, until a visitor detonates the family's tenuous happiness.
About the Author
I'm an author who writes rich suspenseful novels about families - dysfunctional, passionate - and the sort of explosive secrets that can rip them apart. I write stories that I'd love to read. Mysteries. Page-turners. Worlds you can lose yourself in. Reading time is so precious: I try to make my books worthy of that sweet spot. My office is a garden studio/shed. There are roses outside. I live in Oxford with my three children, husband, and a ridiculously hairy golden retriever, Harry. Do say hello. Wave! Tweet me! I love hearing from readers. I'm on Twitter and Instagram @EvePollyChase and on Facebook, eve.chase.author. 'Eve Chase is an extraordinary writer. No one creates families as complex, loveable and utterly believable as Chase and she is the master of the dual time frame narrative.' Lisa Jewell, no.1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone Black Rabbit HallWinner of best foreign fiction novel, Saint Maur en Poche festival, Paris The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde - published in the US as The Wildling SistersLonglisted for HWA Gold Crown Prize Out soon! The Glass House - published in the US as The Daughters of Foxcote Manor
