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Book SynopsisFROM THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER''S WIFE
The Separation, Dinah Jefferies'' stunning debut novel, is the heartbreaking tale of a family fractured by lies and one mother''s love reaching across the distance of years and continents.
A country at war with itself,
a family divided and betrayed,
a bond that can never be broken...
Malaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband Alec? Her young daughters, Emma and Fleur?
Fearful and desperate, she contacts the British District Officer and learns that Alec has been posted up country. But why didn''t he wait? Why did he leave no message?
Lydia''s search takes her on a hazardous journey through war-torn jungle. Forced to turn to Jack Harding, a man she''d vowed to leave in her past, she sacrifices everything to be reunited with her famil
Trade Review
An utterly captivating story of love and loss. Thrilling, gripping and intelligent -- Kate Furnivall * Author of 'The Russian Concubine' and 'The Concubine's Secret' *
A tense and steamy 1950s Malaya, beautifully described. I loved it -- Lucinda Riley * Author of 'Hothouse Flower' and 'The Girl on the Cliff' *
