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  • Published: 8 March 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241961490
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $22.99

Forgive Me

One mother's hidden past. Her daughter's life changed forever . . .




No 1 bestselling author Lesley Pearse tells a compelling story of a daughter uncovering her mother's secret past

Cheltenham, 1991

When Eva Patterson returns home from work one day, a devastating scene awaits her. Her mother, Flora, lies dead in the bath. Beside her is a note saying only: 'Forgive Me'.

Eva is shocked to find out that her mother was once a successful artist back in the 1960s. When she visits her mother's old studio, she finds a collection of Flora's paintings and diaries. Searching for answers, Eva encounters a psychic who mysteriously warns her to beware of a 'sleeping serpent', which she soon discovers refers to a shocking crime in Flora's past.

Will discovering the truth destroy Eva's belief in everything she holds dear?

  • Published: 8 March 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241961490
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Lesley Pearse

Lesley Pearse was brought up in South London in various orphanages from the age of three. She learned about the Soho club scene and the music business during the Sixties with the late John Pritchard. Her novels have sold over ten million copies worldwide. Lesley has three daughters and three grandchildren and lives in Bristol.

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley now lives just outside Bristol. She has three daughters and two grandchildren.

Find out more about Lesley and keep up to date with what she's been doing by following her on Twitter@LesleyPearse or by signing up for her regular newsletter at www.LesleyPearse.com

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Praise for Forgive Me

Lesley Pearse, No. 1 UK bestselling author of Dead to Me and The Woman in the Wood, brings Forgive Me, a compelling story of a daughter uncovering her mother's secret past. Eva Patterson's life is forever altered by the devastating discovery of her mother, Flora, dead in the bath leaving only a note: 'Forgive Me'.

from the publisher's description

Storytelling at its very best

Daily Mail

I absolutely loved it. The characters are likeable and the writing is always brilliant

Sun

Intriguing, heart-tugging, beautifully written

Closer

Engrossing and emotional, it's another winner from Lesley Pearse

Woman's Own

An addictive tear-jerker with characters you'll adore, laugh with and cry for

Bella

Evocative, compelling, told from the heart

Sunday Express