The postcard
By: by Leah Fleming
Edition: [Large Print edition].
Series: Magna
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780750540353
Subjects: Family secrets; Fiction; Fathers and daughters; Mothers and sons; Postcards
Description: 2002, Australia. On his death bed, Melissa Boyd's father confesses a secret so disturbing that Melissa, armed with only a few tattered keepsakes, including an old postcard addressed to someone called Desmond, embarks on a journey that will take her into the past ... 1930s, London. Caroline has led a privileged life, supported by her Aunt Phoebe. But when her impulsive elopement to Cairo quickly turns sour, she finds herself alone with a newborn son. Then war breaks out and Caroline leaves her son Desmond, with Phoebe to begin a dangerous existence on the front lines. But when Caroline finally returns, Desmond has disappeared.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Adult.