Product Description

A compassionate and gritty examination of love and loss from one of Britain's most-loved writers. Seventeen years ago Angela Carr aborted an unwanted child. The father, Christopher Moore, was devastated by the loss. Unable to accept what had happened between them they went their separate ways. Years later, whilst walking his dog on the heath, a horrifying discovery compels Christopher to confront Angela about the past, and they discover, after all this time, that they still have strong feelings for one another. Can they be happy together at last? Or will the mistakes of the past eclipse their bright future? `Bleak, tender and deeply affecting. Seldom have I rooted so hard for a set of fictional individuals' Mail on Sunday

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78755 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
'Bleak, tender and deeply affecting. Seldom have I rooted so hard for a set of fictional individuals' Mail on Sunday

About the Author
Sue Townsend, with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (1982) and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984), was Britain's bestselling author of the 1980s. She is the author of seven other novels, including The Queen and I (1992), and her mostrecent novel, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, was published in 1999. Sue is also well known as a playwright. She lives in Leicester.

Customer Reviews

Once You Start Reading It You Won't Be Able to Put It Down!
Once again Sue Townsend has produced an excellent and thoroughly gripping book, written in the form of lots of very small chapters, which makes the story line much easier to comprehend. The book is basically a love story intertwined with sadness and the reality of living in a sometimes unforgiving world, but love concurs all (or does it?) Read the book to find out!

Thouroughly enjoyable
The first book I read in ages, Ghost Children kept me glued to the pages and, to use an old cliche, I couldn't put it down. Literally. Admittedly, I bought the book after reading Adrian Mole, not worrying too much about the subject. I was in fact immediatedly disappointed by the lack of humour as is typical of Townsend but I soon realised that humour in dealing with a book like this would be inappropriate and Townsend's tyle is perfect, dealing with the subject very well indeed. Thouroughly enjoyable.

This one will grab you!
A wonderful book that you will not be able to put down. Both touching and chilling at the same time, Townsend is able to get you hooked on all of the characters whether you end up loving them or hating them.