Family of Lost Fathers
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1910530409 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
part love story and wholly captivating DIANA R HUNS Part family saga, part generational drama, part mystery, part love story and wholly captivating! It is hard to categorize this debut novel by talented author Elaine Whitesides, but the family of Lost Fathers had this reader hooked from the first paragraph. Well written and thoughtfully crafted, I did not begin to suspect the promised "big secret" denouement until it arrived. P
Her son, John, his childhood interrupted by war, takes the first steps towards a future that neither he nor his mother could have foreseen. An enemy who becomes a lover, an abandoned baby, an aged actor, all have a story that is a thread in the pattern of one family. Orphaned as a baby, unwittingly affected by an undetected murder, and barely educated, Millie's passage to adulthood is characterised by naivety and inexperience. Such a one is Millie Flowers. Sometimes in a family there is one person who is the centre of a pattern of relationships and changing circumstances. When eventually the biggest secret of all emerges, the links between the characters prove to be closer than any one of them could have guessed.. Drawing together people from disparate backgrounds, through chance meetings, coincidence, and unexpected consequences, the stories of the characters in this novel interweave across generations. In each generation there is a secret, of murder, innocence exploited, forbidden love