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Secrets
- Author
- Lesley Pearse
- Narrator
- Sophie Ablett
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 28 June 2018
- Run Time
- 17 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Secrets by Lesley Pearse, read by Sophie Ablett.
Without her mother she is alone in the world . . .
Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away . . .
Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However the journey, without food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill. Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes, Adele is nursed back to health.
Can she now dream of a new life? But what will happen when her mother reappears, bearing shocking family secrets?
Critics Review
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It's 1930, and Secrets tells the tale of one girl caught in family mystery, a struggle against cruelty, and a quest for love . . .
from the publisher's description
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With characters it is impossible not to care about, this is storytelling at its very best
Daily Mail
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An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry
Woman’s Weekly
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Details
- Author
- Lesley Pearse
- Narrator
- Sophie Ablett
- Duration
- 17 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 June 2018
- ISBN
- 9781405938792
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Secrets by Lesley Pearse, read by Sophie Ablett. Without her mother she is alone in the world . . .Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away . . . Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However the journey, without food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill. Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes, Adele is nursed back to health. Can she now dream of a new life? But what will happen when her mother reappears, bearing shocking family secrets?
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