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Loading... My Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' Family Story Main Market edition by Smith, Jenny Lee, Edwards, Helen (2013) Paperback (edition 2013)by Jenny Lee Helen; Smith Edwards (Author)
Work InformationMy Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' Family Story Main Market edition by Smith, Jenny Lee, Edwards, Helen (2013) Paperback by Jenny Lee Smith
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |  Helen and Jenny were sisters, but neither knew the other existed until they were well into adulthood. Jenny had been adopted out to a loving couple; she grew up with plenty of advantages and became a professional golfer. Helen was left behind in an abusive home, with a(n) (physically) abusive father and a neglectful mother. She had an older brother, but he managed to get away from the family and the home while Helen was still quite young. This book tells of both Jenny and Helen’s lives from when they were children up to and a bit after they finally met when in their late 50s. The chapters alternate between them each telling their own stories. Have to admit that Jenny’s life was kind of boring (I’m also not a fan of golf!), but poor Helen. It was her sad story that kept me most interested. They grew up not far from each other, so there were some interesting coincidences when they may have even crossed paths when younger. I kept waiting for them to find out about being twins (it’s mentioned right on the front cover). It was pretty much the very end of the book when this was “revealed”, so it might have helped with expectations to not have that full front on the cover. I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for them to find out. (  ) LibraryCin | Nov 8, 2020 | ) Smits | Dec 20, 2018 | Like other reviewers, I found the book was not well written....there was a lot of detail where it wasn't necessary and a lack of depth where it would have helped. Once the sisters found each other, the book got much better and we watched their relationship develop and as they continued to search for answers to the many secrets of their family's past. (  ) LynnB | Nov 29, 2018 | ) mic_cee | May 10, 2018 | no reviews | add a review
The powerful story of two sisters separated at birth, one abused and one loved, and their search to understand their past. Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed doors, she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginary sister, the only one who understood her pain. Jenny was adopted at six weeks and grew up in Newcastle. An only child, she knew she was loved, and with the support of her parents she went on to become a golfing champion, but still she felt that something was missing... Neither woman knew of the other's existence until, in her fifties, Jenny went looking for her birth family and found her sister Helen. Together they searched for the truth about Jenny's birth - and uncovered a legacy of secrets that overturned everything Helen thought she knew about her family. Happily, they also discovered that they were not just sisters, they were twins. Inspirational and moving, this is the story of two women brave enough to confront their past, and strong enough to let love not bitterness define them. No library descriptions found. |
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