A heartrending story of family shame from Sunday Times bestseller, Kitty Neale. A gritty London tale, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court. 1950s Battersea is no place for a shamed woman...Fractured Alison is the youngest daughter of the Butler family. The ugly duckling of three sisters, she has always been treated with disdain by her mother. After years of bullying, she is drawn in by the one man who shows her affection. But when he brutally rapes her, leaving her pregnant, she is cast out. Forgotten Shunned by her family, Alison must start to make her own way and plan a life for herself and her unborn child. But life isn't as bad as she imagined - for the first time she is master of her own destiny. Forgiven? Yet when the baby arrives, Alison feels no love for her new daughter. Terrified that history will repeat itself, can she find a way to love her child? And will she ever find the forgiveness she still craves from her family?

Author Biography

Kitty Neale was raised in South London and this working class area became the inspiration for her novels. In the 1980s she moved to Surrey with her husband and two children, but in 1998 there was a catalyst in her life when her son died, aged just 27. After joining other bereaved parents in a support group, Kitty was inspired to take up writing and her books have been "Sunday Times" bestsellers. Kitty now lives in Spain with her husband.