Family Drama
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Sea Creatures
A young family struggle to come to terms with the sudden disappearance of their mother from their home on the Cornish coast. Twenty-two years later the estranged Moon family, siblings Jenna, Charlie and Olivia, along with their father Brendan, are...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/10/2009
Naked Justice
Lydia Wesley was twenty-two years old and only three days away from her dream wedding when her life changed irrevocably. While walking the family dog close to her parents' home she was brutally attacked, raped and defiled by a total...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/02/2009
The Primrose Path
Eloise James was still in school when she met the love of her life, her teacher, Paul Bridgestock. With an age gap of twelve years between them, the couple faced separation. But against the odds, Paul successfully allayed the concerns...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2010
Abandoned Love
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Based on a true story about the author finding her real mother in the South of France, Abandoned Love is a compulsive, emotive read This novel is about three women, Miriam, Marjorie and Rosie. Miriam, a Lucie Clayton model, falls...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/12/2011
Ursula's Arm
Why does Ursula's right arm hang limply by her side? The doctors can find nothing wrong - is she faking it or is it all in the mind? Her husband, Leo, wants Ursula to see Mrs Moberley, a psychoanalyst, but...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2011
The Golden Thread
A heart-stopping page turner, The Golden Thread, with its many twists and turns in the plot, attractive characters, and feel good-ending has a strong appeal for women readers. Two sisters, Claudia and Maria, grow up as happy playmates and the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2012
Venice, a Cat and a Koala
Emma Andrews has quit London for Venice after a family quarrel at her beloved grandmother's funeral. She would not have believed that Venice 'could possess me so completely to the exclusion of grief, tiredness and my family'. She remembers gaping...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/03/2009
A Fine Line
Bridget is married to Joseph from Switzerland. They have two young children, and both take the decision to follow Dr Lynn's advice and Bridget is admitted to a psychiatric unit for intensive therapy to try to peel the layers off...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009
Lifetime Burning
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reedy for experience but determined to be good, Flora Dunbar spends a lifetime seeking love, trying to build a future out of the wreckage of her past - an eccentric childhood spent in the shadow of her musical twin, Rory;...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/06/2006
Burglar Boy
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Not your typical black-hearted burglar, Dean is a neglected 11-year-old, free to roam the streets, day and night, and encouraged to steal by his older brother in a secret life of crime. Then, one day, during a break-in, Dean meets...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/05/2011
Those Who Leave
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Angelo Vargas was an enigma, a man from nowhere who had followed a perilous path through a restless and eventful life. The time had come to leave his ‘diplomatic activities’ behind and settle in England to search for his shrine....
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2005
Yesterday's Porridge
The word 'porridge' has connotations, which associate it with a term of imprisonment which is how I perceived my formative years. The mere thought of yesterday's uneaten porridge conjures up a picture of something cold wet and slimy with a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/12/2011
Caring for Cathy
A man without a past and a woman without a future. This is a story of friendship between a young musician, David, who has lost his memory in a car accident, and an older woman, Cathy, who is dying from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 11/02/2008
After the Rains
Jayne grows up on a farm in the mountains of Zimbabwe, where her closest friend is Enoch, the young African son of one of the farm workers. Following a devastating terrorist attack, during which Jayne defends the farm with her...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2011
Days Of Abandonment
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This compelling novel that shocked audiences in Europe with its unsentimental and unyielding depiction of motherhood, marriage and solitude, tells the story of one woman’s headlong descent into what she calls an “absence of sense” after being abandoned by her...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2006
A Matter of Degree
Colin Andrews has drawn on his long experience as a teacher, folk performer and Morris dancer to produce a highly original novel that will leave readers with a sense of satisfaction - and a warm smile on their face. No...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2011
Agony Angel
Angela Lawson, or Angel, works as an agony aunt for a teenage magazine. She's in charge of dolling out advice to troubled readers. Trouble is, she's too busy fretting about her own problems to take any of their's seriously.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2007
A Calculating Heart
Having escaped from yet another scandal, libidinous lawyer Leo Davies has at last decided to settle down. He's going to sell his Belgravia pad and buy a family home for his son, Oliver, and he's set on marrying the...
Format: - Released: 02/02/2006
Karoo Plainsong
This vivid novel, set against a backdrop of apartheid, tells the story of Ada, an illegitimate, unschooled but brilliant pianist who grows up in service to a family of Irish immigrants. As apartheid tightens its grip, she is seduced into...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/12/2010
The Impersonator
The story tells of sexual obsession in the ‘sixties, when two members of a family become hopelessly infatuated with the same person. Fifteen year old Elizabeth Tarrant is suddenly orphaned in Rhodesia and from then on her life changes dramatically....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2011
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Much of the greatest literature concerns itself with family dramas, from Madame Bovary to Anna Karenina, and realistic depictions of the ups and downs of family life continue to fascinate.
Now Lovewriting presents Caro Fraser’s A Calculating Heart, a drama about the life and loves of a successful lawyer.
Lovewriting lets you discover new authors of family drama, and allows you to download free opening extracts from their books to sample.
