Secrets

"Adele Talbot is twelve when her younger sister is killed in a road accident, and her mother Rose - so devastated and demented by the loss - begins to abuse her." "Rose is sent off to an asylum and when her father, too, relinquishes any responsibility for her, Adele is sent to a children's home, but finds the treatment there even worse. She is soon forced to run away and walks through the night to Rye to trace her grandmother, Honour, a bitter, eccentric woman who is not best pleased to see her granddaughter." "Eventually, the two forge a bond and Honour allows Adele to stay and enjoy the peace, serenity and safety of her new home. And when Adele meets Paul Bailey two years later and real love and friendship enter her life, she feels she can at last start to put her hurtful past behind her."