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Past Chances
In her compelling new novel, Bernardine Kennedy brilliantly conveys how the damage caused in the past can cause one's life to spiral out of control.Eleanor Rivington has always felt like an outsider. Abandoned by her mother and brought up in fear of her father, she's desperate to leave home and live like other girls in London in the seventies. When a barman from work invites her to share a flat with him and two of his friends, it is her chance to break free. But when Eleanor confronts her father the terrible tragedy that follows haunts her forever. And, despite the support of her new friends, Eleanor's life seems destined for further disappointment...
304 pages, Hardcover
First published October 18, 2007
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Bernardine Kennedy
16 books5 followersBernardine was born in London but spent most of her childhood with her travelling ex-pat parents in Singapore and Nigeria before settling in Essex, where she still lives.
Her diverse and very varied working life, which has given her such an insight into the situations of her characters, has included careers as an Air Hostess, a Swimming Instructor and a Social Worker as well a Teacher of English in a women's prison.
She has been a freelance writer for many years initially writing whatever was wanted by whoever before eventually specialising in travel features for popular magazines and newspapers. This gave her the opportunity to combine her two favourite activities; writing and travelling!
Her diverse and very varied working life, which has given her such an insight into the situations of her characters, has included careers as an Air Hostess, a Swimming Instructor and a Social Worker as well a Teacher of English in a women's prison.
She has been a freelance writer for many years initially writing whatever was wanted by whoever before eventually specialising in travel features for popular magazines and newspapers. This gave her the opportunity to combine her two favourite activities; writing and travelling!
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May 29, 2021
Parts of this book were good and held my attention but other parts were muddled and I found myself scanning through. Some of the characters had similar names and I found that confusing.
Eleanor has a lonely and abusive upbringing but this only becomes evident as the story develops. This affects her life for years to come.
Not really my sort of book but I did make it to the end.
Eleanor has a lonely and abusive upbringing but this only becomes evident as the story develops. This affects her life for years to come.
Not really my sort of book but I did make it to the end.
March 3, 2018
Something different
This is the first book i have read by this author. But it certainly will not be the last. It was so good i really could not put it down..almost every page had a different twist and turn. Absolutely brilliant.I definitely recommend this fabulous read
This is the first book i have read by this author. But it certainly will not be the last. It was so good i really could not put it down..almost every page had a different twist and turn. Absolutely brilliant.I definitely recommend this fabulous read
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