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Mrs Sinclair’s Suitcase

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Forgive me, Dorothea, for I cannot forgive you. What you do, to this child, to this child's mother, it is wrong...

Roberta likes to collect the letters and postcards she finds in second-hand books. When her father gives her some of her grandmother's belongings, she finds a baffling letter from the grandfather she never knew - dated after he supposedly died in the war.

Dorothy is unhappily married to Albert, who is away at war. When an aeroplane crashes in the field behind her house she meets Squadron Leader Jan Pietrykowski, and as their bond deepens she dares to hope she might find happiness. But fate has other plans for them both, and soon she is hiding a secret so momentous that its shockwaves will touch her granddaughter many years later...

(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton

Critics Review

A breathtaking, beautifully crafted tale of loves that survive secrets.
Kirkus
Totally absorbing . . . Beautifully done and heartbreaking too
Esther Freud
A first novel of great charm and assurance, beautifully told and utterly gripping.
The Times
A heart-breaking tale of loss, missed chances and enduring love.
Good Housekeeping
Author Louise Walters
Narrator Anna Bentinck, Karen Cass
Duration 9 hours and 53 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473604681
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Family life fiction, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Romance, Second World War fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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