Every Secret Thing
A novel of friendship, betrayal and second chances, for fans of Joanna Trollope and Hilary Boyd
Published on 29. June 2017
251 pages
978-1-78576-213-0 (ISBN)
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Can you ever bury the past?
'A wonderful page-turner of a novel' Fay Weldon on The Things You Do for Love
She'd recognised in him something of herself: that sense of not belonging, of secrets fiercely kept . . .
Five friends, newly graduated, travel together to the Lake District. Young and ambitious, they little imagine the events that will overtake them that fateful summer, tearing their fragile group apart.
Twenty years later, they return to the same spot, summoned by a mysterious bequest. It's not long before old friendships - and old romances - are re-kindled. But soon, too, rivalries begin to emerge and wounds are painfully reopened . . .
How long does it take for past sins to be forgiven? And can the things they destroy ever really be recovered?
Praise for Rachel Crowther
'Intelligent, with many layers, it is a gripping read' The Lady Magazine
'A good summer read for anyone prepared to be transported to the intensity of the undergraduate experience. Fascinating . . . witty and empathetic' Country Life
'The very best sort of fiction' Juliet Nicolson, author of A House Full of Daughters
'A wonderful page-turner of a novel' Fay Weldon on The Things You Do for Love
She'd recognised in him something of herself: that sense of not belonging, of secrets fiercely kept . . .
Five friends, newly graduated, travel together to the Lake District. Young and ambitious, they little imagine the events that will overtake them that fateful summer, tearing their fragile group apart.
Twenty years later, they return to the same spot, summoned by a mysterious bequest. It's not long before old friendships - and old romances - are re-kindled. But soon, too, rivalries begin to emerge and wounds are painfully reopened . . .
How long does it take for past sins to be forgiven? And can the things they destroy ever really be recovered?
Praise for Rachel Crowther
'Intelligent, with many layers, it is a gripping read' The Lady Magazine
'A good summer read for anyone prepared to be transported to the intensity of the undergraduate experience. Fascinating . . . witty and empathetic' Country Life
'The very best sort of fiction' Juliet Nicolson, author of A House Full of Daughters
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Rachel Crowther
Every Secret Thing
A novel of friendship, betrayal and second chances, for fans of Joanna Trollope and Hilary Boyd
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06/2017
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Rachel Crowther is a doctor who worked for the NHS for 20 years and is the mother of five children. She dabbled in creative writing between babies and medical exams, until an Arvon course prompted her to take it more seriously. She's also a keen musician and cook.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Prologue: Cumbria, September 2015
- Cambridge, October 1992
- Part I
- June 1995: Marmion
- September 2015: Stephen
- June 1995: Marmion
- September 2015: Judith
- June 1995: Marmion
- September 2015: Bill
- June 1995: Marmion
- September 2015: Cressida
- Part II
- June 1995: Cressida
- June 1995: Judith
- June 1995: Marmion
- Bill: 2008
- Part III
- September 2015: Bill
- June 1995: Judith
- June 1995: Cressida
- September 2015: Stephen
- September 2015: Cressida
- June 1995: Bill
- June 1995: Judith
- September 2015: Judith
- September 2015: Bill
- June 1995: Cressida
- June 1995: Bill
- June 1995: Stephen
- Stephen: 1999
- Part IV
- September 2015: Stephen
- June 1995: Judith
- August 1995: Stephen
- October 1995: Cressida
- October 1995: Judith
- Judith: 2010
- Part V
- September 2015: Judith
- October 1995: Bill
- October 1995: Cressida
- September 2015: Cressida
- October 1995: Stephen
- October 1995: Cressida
- September 2015: Judith
- Cressida: 2014
- Part VI
- September 2015: Cressida
- September 2015: Bill
- October 1995: Bill
- September 2015: Judith
- September 2015: Stephen
- Part VII
- October 1992: Fay
- September 2015: Judith
- March 1995: Fay
- September 2015: Cressida
- June 1995: Fay
- September 2015: Stephen
- October 1995: Fay
- September 2015: Bill
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Copyright
