Before the storm
By: Judith Lennox
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9780755331338; 9780755331376; 9780755345465
Subjects: Birthmothers; History; Adoptees; Fiction; Great Britain Social conditions 20th century Fiction; Birthmothers Fiction; Social conditions; Great Britain History George V, 1910-1936 Fiction; Adoptees Fiction; Domestic fiction; Family secrets Fiction
Description: A gripping multi-generational family drama set in London and Cornwall, from 1908 until the 1950s. On an autumn day in 1909 wealthyyoungRichard Finborough catches sight of twenty-year-old Isabel Zeale at the harbour at Lynmouth in Devon. Her beautycaptivates him. Aware of shameful secrets in her past, Isabel has no intention of letting anyone into her life, but Richard'spersistence and ardour eventually win himher trust and her hand in marriage. The decades pass and Isabel and Richard raise a family through the turbulent times of the First World War and the 1920s. As her children reach adulthood, Isabel is convinced her secret is safe until an old acquaintance emerges from the shadows, turning her world upside down. To protect the happiness of those she loves most, Isabel must find the courage to confront what came before, and live with the consequences.