The Long and Winding Road

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Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten million books around the world and is a constant presence on the bestseller chart.

A writer of heart-stopping stories, Lesley's books are filled with heroines struggling to make it in a difficult world.

Yet this description could apply to Lesley herself. In this, her first ever autobiography, she tells of growing up in an orphanage after her mother's death, her racy twenties in London during the swinging sixties and working as a bunny girl and dressmaker.

Packed full of Lesley's signature warmth, wit and poignancy, this is the story of a woman and a writer fighting against the odds to achieve her dreams.

©2024 Lesley Pearse (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

  • I couldn’t put this book down. Although harrowing at times, Lesley’s indomitable spirit shines through. What an inspiration, what a book!

    Katie Fforde

  • Searingly honest, and fabulously entertaining, Lesley’s life story is a poignant and powerful story that is truly unputdownable

    Milly Johnson

  • A totally gripping read, by turns tragic, mad-cap, heartbreaking and mind-blowing. And anyone who can read that final chapter without bursting into happy tears has to have a heart of stone

    Jill Mansell

  • An incredible life story from a literary icon, Lesley Pearse’s truth is even more gripping than her fiction

    Veronica Henry

  • Humorous and heartbreaking, Lesley opens up to her readers in a way that is rare and very special. I was so gripped I read it twice

    Kate Furnivall

  • What a roller coaster of a ride. I couldn’t do anything else until I’d finished this book. Gripping, heart wrenching. A true life Woman of Substance. It was an amazing read

    Jo Thomas

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