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LoveReading Says
Lady Isobel Farrar has a secret, and when she returns to England from a life in Canada, she must finally deal with it.
The secret is a son, who she gave up for adoption a week after his birth almost forty years before. Farrar, who is sixty-three, has spent a lifetime wondering what happened to him, and her love for him never wavered.
When Frank Brodie shows up unexpectedly at Halcyon Hill, her much-loved estate, they cautiously begin to build a fragile new relationship as mother and son.
The Redemption of Isobel Farrar by Alan Robert Clark, is the story of the redemption of Isobel Farrar, yes, but also the redemption and recovery of her son Frank Brodie. This is the fourth novel by Alan Robert Clark.
Isobel is heartbroken to learn that Frank’s life was far from the idyllic loving environment she was promised when she decided to put him up for adoption. The son of a butcher, he never felt loved or even wanted, and was cruelly mistreated. His unhappy childhood contributes to his unhappy adulthood.
Against a backdrop of the 1920s, this sweeping historical tale shows how people can recover from the secrets that could otherwise destroy them and go on to live happy lives.
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The Redemption of Isobel Farrar Synopsis
England, 1926. Lady Isobel Farrar, an ageing widow with a colourful past, has returned home after years of living abroad. As she moves back into Halcyon Hill, her beloved country house, she finds herself dwelling on a long-buried secret. In the wake of a terrible tragedy when she was young, Isobel gave up a child for adoption, and now she can't help but wonder what became of him.
Life has not been kind to Frank Brodie. Cruelly mistreated by his adoptive parents, he spent his young adulthood struggling to survive on the harsh streets of London, before the Great War took him away to the trenches. Now he has found safety with Arthur, an older man who loves and protects him. But something is still missing from Frank's life.
When mother and son are finally reunited, will they be able to lay the past to rest?
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781914148446 |
| Publication date: |
1st June 2023 |
| Author: |
Alan Robert Clark |
| Publisher: |
Fairlight Books |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
288 pages |
| Primary Genre |
General Fiction
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Press Reviews
Alan Robert Clark Press Reviews
'A beautiful tale of love, and family - a magnificent read by a truly fine storyteller' -Ami Rao, author of 'David and Ameena' and 'Boundary Road';
'An absorbing read from start to finish. Well plotted and beautifully narrated. Heartwarming' -Melanie Levensohn, author of 'A Jewish Girl in Paris';
'Clark writes with intelligence, warmth, bravery and wit' -Sue Townsend, author of the 'Adrian Mole' series
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About Alan Robert Clark
Alan Robert Clark was born and educated in Scotland. He briefly attended King's College in London, before starting his career as a copywriter and creative director with a number of leading London advertising agencies. He has worked as a freelance journalist and has ghostwritten and co-authored a number of biographies. His previous novel, Rory's Boys, was published in 2011 and widely praised.
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