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Secrets

Twelve-year-old Adele Talbot's unhappy mother Rose succumbs to madness after a family tragedy and Adele is placed in a bleak children's home. But when her trust is betrayed she runs away - hoping to find her grandmother in Sussex. By the time she does so, Adele is desperately ill and has to be nursed back to health among the beautiful Rye Marshes.

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  • "Set in the 1930's, the new novel from bestselling author Lesley Pearse tells the story of one girl's struggle against cruelty and, her quest for love. Adele Talbot is twelve when her younger sister is killed in a road accident in London's Kings Cross, and her mother Rose so devastated by the loss begins to abuse her. Adele is sent to a children's home in Tunbridge Wells, but soon runs away to trace her grandmother- Honour who she has discovered lives in Sussex. But Honour is a bitter, eccentric woman who is not best pleased to see her grandaughter. Eventually the two forge some sort of bond and Honour allows Adele to stay. When Adele meets Michael Bailey on the marshes two years later and real love and friendship enter her life, she feels she can finally put her hurtful past behind her. But then war breaks out and as if that wasn't upheaval enough, Rose decides to rear her ugly head again. And she has a few unpleasant surprises for Adele."
  • "En Angleterre entre 1931 et 1944. Adèle a assisté, à 12 ans, à la mort de sa petite soeur. Sa mère la rend responsable du drame et la brutalise. Après plusieurs séjours en foyers et familles d'accueil, Honour, la grand-mère d'Adèle, accepte d'accueillir la fillette chez elle. Adèle va alors découvrir l'amour avec Michael Bailey mais la guerre et les révélations de sa mère détruisent ses rêves."
  • "Twelve-year-old Adele Talbot's unhappy mother Rose succumbs to madness after a family tragedy and Adele is placed in a bleak children's home. But when her trust is betrayed she runs away - hoping to find her grandmother in Sussex. By the time she does so, Adele is desperately ill and has to be nursed back to health among the beautiful Rye Marshes."@en
  • "England, in den 30er Jahren. Adele ist zwölf Jahre alt, als ihre Schwester bei einem tragischen Unfall ums Leben kommt. Ihre Mutter gibt Adele die Schuld und macht ihr fortan das Leben zur Hölle. Als sie in ein Kinderheim geschickt wird, reisst Adele aus und macht sich auf die Suche nach ihrer Grossmutter. Die alte Dame will erst nichts von ihrer Enkelin wissen, doch schon bald entwickelt sich eine zarte Freundschaft zwischen den beiden. Als Adele einige Jahre später den jungen Michael kennen lernt, tritt auch die Liebe in ihr Leben. Doch dann bricht der zweite Weltkrieg aus. Michael wird eingezogen, und plötzlich taucht Adeles Mutter Rose wieder auf und droht erneut ihr Leben zu zerstören."

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  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Roman familial"

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  • "Der Wind trägt dein Lächeln [Roman]"
  • "Der Wind trägt dein Lächeln Roman"
  • "Secrets"@en
  • "Secrets"
  • "Adèle"@sv

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