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Bay of Secrets
- Author
- ROSANNA LEY
- Narrator
- Sandra Duncan
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2014
- Run Time
- 14 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Following the wishes of her parents to keep her safe during the war, a young girl, Julia, enters a convent in Barcelona. Looking for a way to maintain her links to the outside world, she volunteers to help in a maternity clinic. But worrying adoption practices in the clinic force Sister Julia to decide how far she will go to help those placed in her care.
England, 2011.
Six months after her parents' shocking death, 34-year-old journalist and jazz enthusiast Ruby Rae has finally found the strength to pack away their possessions and sell the family home. But as she does so, she unearths a devastating secret her parents, Vivien and Tom, had kept from her all her life.
(P)2014 WF Howes Ltd
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Vividly written with a compelling storyline, this is top escapism
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I loved the sultry sensuous feeling . . . A fascinating story with engaging themes
Dinah Jefferies, bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife
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A perfect holiday read, to be devoured in one sitting
The Lady
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A great page-turner
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A gorgeous, mouth-watering dream of a holiday read!
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An impeccably researched and deftly written narrative that kept me hooked until the end
Kathryn Hughes, bestselling author of The Letter
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A beautifully crafted slice of escapist fiction
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Compelling
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Details
- Author
- ROSANNA LEY
- Narrator
- Sandra Duncan
- Duration
- 14 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2014
- ISBN
- 9781848668317
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Romance, Historical romance
Synopsis
Spain, 1939. Following the wishes of her parents to keep her safe during the war, a young girl, Julia, enters a convent in Barcelona. Looking for a way to maintain her links to the outside world, she volunteers to help in a maternity clinic. But worrying adoption practices in the clinic force Sister Julia to decide how far she will go to help those placed in her care. England, 2011. Six months after her parents' shocking death, 34-year-old journalist and jazz enthusiast Ruby Rae has finally found the strength to pack away their possessions and sell the family home. But as she does so, she unearths a devastating secret her parents, Vivien and Tom, had kept from her all her life.(P)2014 WF Howes Ltd
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