Family Album

by Patricia Kay

Hannah Ferris's wonderful marriage and relationship with her teenage daughter are turned upside down by the arrival of a determined young man whose presence forces her to come to terms with her estrangement from her father, her troubled childhood, and the secrets of her past. Original.

Genres: Contemporary

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 3, 2002

About the author

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This author has also written under the names Ann Patrick and Trisha Alexander

Patricia Ann Kay was born on 7 March 1937 in a small town in northeastern Ohio, USA, where she raised along with three younger sisters. She considers herself a very lucky woman. The family didn’t have a lot of money, but she says that didn’t matter, because what they did have was worth more than money — a happy home. Her parents had a good marriage and they doted on their four daughters. That upbringing is reflected in the stories she writes. As readers all over the world have discovered, her books are filled with warmth and love of family.

Pat has lived in upstate New York, Northern Alabama, Southern California, and Stockholm (Sweden), and since 1969, in Houston, Texas with her husband. She says that no matter where she’s lived, she’s found that people everywhere are the same and want the same things: love and committed relationships. The marriage has three terrific grown children. They currently share their home with two longhaired cats, and a backyard filled with squirrels, birds, and other critters. Her hobbies and other interests include reading, walking for exercise, going to the movies and the theater, swimming, and traveling.

In 1990, Pat sold her first romance novel to Silhouette. Since then, more than four million copies of her novels have been published in eighteen different countries. Today, Patricia Kay, alias Ann Patrick and Trisha Alexander, is an USA Today bestselling author of 50 novels of romance and women's fiction.

Most people have a completely wrong idea of what writers do all day. Do you want to know what Pat's typical day is like? Click here to find out!

Reviews

[Patrik Smoljan · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5

[Debby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hannah Ferris grew up in a small town in Nebraska. Her father was the local fundamentalist preacher and very strict. When Hannah graduated from high school, she got a job tending the house and children of a separated lawyer 20 miles away. They became lovers, but when his wife came home, she was dismissed. A month later, when she realized she was pregnant, she left town to go live with an aught in FL where she gave her son up for adoption. Now 20 years later, married happily with a 14-year-old daughter, David appears in her life and the secrets come out with mostly good results although not without trauma.

Fairly realistic portrayal of good people. Quick read, relatively clean.

[Phyllis Saunders · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another 5 stars

5 stars for Family Album. A heart wrenching story of Hannah who came from a very strict and dysfunctional family. Hiding an early indiscretion from her family and moving on with life seemed the thing to do, until the past caught up with her and she had to risk everything she loved.

[Kathie Andriano · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book I’ve read by this author. It didn’t disappoint. Enjoyed the characters, the story line and the positive ending. I would venture to guess that people could relate to possible scenarios in their own life. Worth reading.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first I have read of this author, and I greatly enjoyed her style and the plot of the book.

[Marianne Jay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was pretty good. The one aspect that I didn't like, was that we were not told, in detail, how many of the family issues were solved.

I would have liked it to go more into detail.

[Louise Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable reading and the only book I've convinced my younger sister to read. She loves it just as much as I do!

[Carobe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Familjehemligheter.