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Nature or nurture? The impact of traumatic childhood experience reverberates into the grown-up world of Frank, Alice and Henry – children from three families suffering the fall-out from their early life. Frank, a working-class boy abused by his step-father, Alice, physically handicapped and frustrated, Henry, the less clever son of wealthy ambitious parentsFrom a rundown estate in Eastleigh, a small town in Darlington and an affluent Cotswold home, each character grapples with the life fate has handed them. Until by chance they all come together in adulthood, the repercussions are explosive.

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Arms Around Frank Richardson

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      Publisher: Muswell Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/06/2022
      ISBN13: 9781739966096, 978-1739966096
      ISBN10: 1739966090
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nature or nurture? The impact of traumatic childhood experience reverberates into the grown-up world of Frank, Alice and Henry – children from three families suffering the fall-out from their early life. Frank, a working-class boy abused by his step-father, Alice, physically handicapped and frustrated, Henry, the less clever son of wealthy ambitious parentsFrom a rundown estate in Eastleigh, a small town in Darlington and an affluent Cotswold home, each character grapples with the life fate has handed them. Until by chance they all come together in adulthood, the repercussions are explosive.

      Trade Review
      ‘I was very impressed with Ask Me to Dance, perfectly structured and so moving’ Anne Cater. Sylvia Colley writers so movingly’ Piers Plowright, BBC R4. ‘A touching and beautiful novel’ Love Reading

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