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The Lost Sister
‘Tracy Buchanan writes moving, gripping, heartbreakingly real family drama.’ Susan Lewis
From the #1 bestselling author of My Sister’s Secret and No Turning Back
From the #1 bestselling author of My Sister’s Secret and No Turning Back
For the first time in your life, she is going to tell you the truth…
Then: A trip to the beach tore Becky’s world apart. It was the day her mother Selma met the mysterious man she went on to fall in love with, and leave her husband and child for.
Now: It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but Selma has just weeks to live. And she has something important to tell Becky – a secret she been hiding for many years. She had another daughter.
With the loss of her mother, Becky aches to find her sister. She knows she cannot move forward in her life without answers, but who can she really trust?
An emotionally powerful novel full of twists and family secrets. Perfect for fans of Josephine Cox and Susan Lewis.
Then: A trip to the beach tore Becky’s world apart. It was the day her mother Selma met the mysterious man she went on to fall in love with, and leave her husband and child for.
Now: It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but Selma has just weeks to live. And she has something important to tell Becky – a secret she been hiding for many years. She had another daughter.
With the loss of her mother, Becky aches to find her sister. She knows she cannot move forward in her life without answers, but who can she really trust?
An emotionally powerful novel full of twists and family secrets. Perfect for fans of Josephine Cox and Susan Lewis.
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EXTRACT
He’s a complete stranger, Kay!’ Becky says as she checks the calendar
for details of her next appointment. ‘There is no chance I’m going
on a date with him.’
‘It’s just a party. There’ll be lots of people there,’ Kay counters,
glasses resting on the end of her nose, her white blouse stained
and creased after a day fussing over puppies.
‘If you’re suggesting he picks me up fi rst and takes me for a
drink,’ Becky says, ‘it is a date. Anyway, Summer is still recovering
from surgery. I can’t leave her.’
‘You have David next door! It’ll have been a month by then,
you know more than anyone she’ll be fully recovered.’ Kay’s face
grows serious. ‘I know it’s just an excuse. But no matter how much
I adore those mutts of yours, three dogs are no substitute for
human company, especially for an attractive thirty-four-year-old
woman like yourself.’
‘I politely disagree.’ Becky leans forward, putting her hand on
her friend’s shoulder and smiling. ‘I appreciate your attempts to
marry me off, but I’m quite happy as I am, thank you.’
Kay crosses her arms and gives her a cynical look just as the
bell above the door rings.
‘Perfect timing,’ Becky says with a wink as a woman walks in
carrying a plastic box, a girl of about eight beside her. Becky leans
down and smiles at the girl. ‘You must be Jessica and this,’ she
says, gesturing to the box, ‘must be Stanley.’ The girl nods shyly.
‘Come on through, we had a cancellation so we’re running bang
on time for once!’
Becky leads them into her small consultation room. It’s a tiny
practice, sitting in a red-brick building on the edge of a large fi eld,
just her, two job-sharing veterinary nurses, a part-time locum and
Kay, receptionist and accountant extraordinaire. Plenty to serve
the small village they live in.
The woman places the plastic box on Becky’s consulting table
and opens it.
Becky peers in, smiling. ‘What a beauty,’ she exclaims.
The girl beams with pride as her mother carefully pulls the fi sh
tank out of the box. Becky leans down and looks at the small goldfi
sh inside, at its transparent orange skin, globe eyes and bubbling
mouth. One of the vets she’d trained with had described goldfi sh
as a waste of his time. If he could just see the way this little girl was
staring at that waste of time right now, he might see this goldfi sh
– that all animals – are worth so much more than that.
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