How would you feel as a mother if you discovered you had raised a daughter who wasn’t yours? What would you do if you found out where your biological daughter lived? Tess Stimson the author of The Adultery Club and The Infidelity Chain, explores this emotionally charged area with wit and feeling in her brilliant new novel.
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About The Lying Game
There are some things we are never meant to know ...Harriet Lockwood has never really bonded with her daughter, Florence, the way she has with her three sons. Then one day, she discovers why. The girl she's raised for the last fifteen years is not her biological child.
There are some things we are never meant to know ...Harriet Lockwood has never really bonded with her daughter, Florence, the way she has with her three sons. Then one day, she discovers why. The girl she's raised for the last fifteen years is not her biological child.
Zoey Sands is a single mother with a chaotic lifestyle. The one constant in her life is her daughter, Nell. Nothing can ever come between them -- can it?
When Harriet turns up on Zoey's doorstep demanding to see her biological daughter, the two families are plunged into a storm of bitter rivalries...and unexpected alliances.
Tess Stimson is the author of eight novels and two non-fiction books, and writes regularly for the Daily Mail as well as for several women’s magazines. Born and brought up in Sussex, she graduated from Oxford before spending a number of years as a news producer with ITN. She now lives in Vermont with her American husband, their daughter and her two sons.
There are some things we are never meant to know ...Harriet Lockwood has never really bonded with her daughter, Florence, the way she has with her three sons. Then one day, she discovers why.
The Lying Game features in the following genres: Family Drama, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Recommendations
Paperback. £13.49, down from the £14.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
The Lying Game was written by Tess Stimson and published by Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The Lying Game has 304 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.
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