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The Lost Child: A Terrible Secret Will Threaten Everything They Hold Dear...
1877, Durham.
After a traumatic and harrowing incident at the hands of a stranger, a woman gives birth to a child. However, she is persuaded by her husband to give him up to a local couple.
On the same dark and stormy night, a local pit owner turns his wife out onto the bleak moors, telling her son she is evil. The woman is never seen again.
1895, Durham.
Twenty years later, these seemingly unrelated events have shaped the characters of two unloved boys, who have now grown to be men. They, in turn, are about to change the lives of two innocent young women as the past reaches out and casts a shadow over the present.
Praise for Elizabeth Gill
'Original and evocative - a born storyteller' Trisha Ashley
'A wonderful book, full of passion, pain, sweetness, twists and turns. I couldn't put it down' Sheila Newberry
'Elizabeth Gill writes with a masterful grasp of conflicts and passions' Leah Fleming
'An enthralling and satisfying novel that will leave you wanting more' Catherine King
'If you love Catherine Cookson then you will love Elizabeth Gill' Northern Echo
After a traumatic and harrowing incident at the hands of a stranger, a woman gives birth to a child. However, she is persuaded by her husband to give him up to a local couple.
On the same dark and stormy night, a local pit owner turns his wife out onto the bleak moors, telling her son she is evil. The woman is never seen again.
1895, Durham.
Twenty years later, these seemingly unrelated events have shaped the characters of two unloved boys, who have now grown to be men. They, in turn, are about to change the lives of two innocent young women as the past reaches out and casts a shadow over the present.
Praise for Elizabeth Gill
'Original and evocative - a born storyteller' Trisha Ashley
'A wonderful book, full of passion, pain, sweetness, twists and turns. I couldn't put it down' Sheila Newberry
'Elizabeth Gill writes with a masterful grasp of conflicts and passions' Leah Fleming
'An enthralling and satisfying novel that will leave you wanting more' Catherine King
'If you love Catherine Cookson then you will love Elizabeth Gill' Northern Echo
328 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 14, 2013
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About the author
Elizabeth Gill
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http://elizabethgill.blogspot.com/
Elizabeth, formerly a journalist and house journal editor, has a daughter Katy and lives in Durham City. She began writing at four and had a poem published at twelve and a short story accepted at age twenty. Her first book was published when she was thirty and subsequently has had a total of 40 novels published.
http://elizabethgill.blogspot.com/
Elizabeth, formerly a journalist and house journal editor, has a daughter Katy and lives in Durham City. She began writing at four and had a poem published at twelve and a short story accepted at age twenty. Her first book was published when she was thirty and subsequently has had a total of 40 novels published.
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November 12, 2013
This is my second Elizabeth Gill book and i have enjoyed reading it more than the first. Shelter from the storm is brilliant for a nice winter nights light reading, a couple of times i thought i had predicted the outcome, the book ended completely different to what i expected, so was pleasantly surprised with that. The descriptions in the book are very good making it easy to imagine what the location must have looked like, also the characters too
February 7, 2014
I loved this book.
Each character in it came alive - and all their trials and tribulations, in a Northern pit village,seemed plausible too. It kept me engrossed and wanting to read more, right up to the end - which was not sugar sweet, but a very believable resolution. I've read one of this author's before, I will definitely read more.
Each character in it came alive - and all their trials and tribulations, in a Northern pit village,seemed plausible too. It kept me engrossed and wanting to read more, right up to the end - which was not sugar sweet, but a very believable resolution. I've read one of this author's before, I will definitely read more.
January 10, 2017
A can't put down book
Great book twists and turns all the way through never knew what the end would be till you reached it
Great book twists and turns all the way through never knew what the end would be till you reached it
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