The Secret Children

Name: The Secret Children
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Alison McQueen

Jan 2012 · Hachette UK

2 reviews

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352

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'gripping, emotional and beautifully written' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars

'Beautiful, beautiful book. Loved it. Could not put it down. It gripped me from the first page. Great story. Evocative writing.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

Assam, 1925. Surrounded by the dramatic landscape of a tea plantation, sisters Mary and Serafina grow up in a world of contradiction and confusion.

Born to a beautiful but naïve Indian mother and dynamic Scottish father, they are loved but hidden away. For these are children who cross two very different cultures, and are accepted by neither . . .

When the shadow of war falls, the girls must face the truth and begin the search for somewhere to belong.

It is a journey full of forbidden questions, heartbreak and determination. As the sisters grow up, they must risk everything and make choices with a legacy that will last a lifetime, and beyond.

The Secret Children is a story of love, loss, family secrets and yearning to find a place to belong.

'gripping, emotional and beautifully written' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars 'Beautiful, beautiful book. Loved it. Could not put it down. It gripped me from the first page. Great story. Evocative writing.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars Assam, 1925. Surrounded by the dramatic landscape of a tea plantatio...

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2 reviews

A Google user

November 24, 2012

I thought that The secret children was very promising in the beginning. It was very well written and I really didn't want to put it down. However, about two thirds of the way through it started to go downhill with the story becoming less and less interesting and culminating in what I thought was a very poor ending. I only realized at the end that the author had based the novel on her mothers' life, and although I was not expecting some chocolate box conclusion, I really felt it was like the author bit bored

About the author

Born to an Indian mother and an English jazz musician father, Alison McQueen grew up in London. After a convent education, Alison worked in advertising for twenty years before retiring to write full time. Alison lives in Northamptonshire with her husband and two daughters.

To find out more, visit www.alisonmcqueen.com

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