For Felicity growing up with her unmarried mother & grandparents in a tiny bungalow in Scarborough life could be frightening & confusing Why did her beloved granddad just make excuses when her gran subjected her to physical & psychological abuse? Why did her dad who lived alone nearby call her by a different name & hide her from his family? What was wrong with hersick of it all Felicity ran away from home aged fifteen & for years she struggled to find her way until she qualified as a teacher & found a career she loved But at the age of fifty a successful woman she still felt hollow inside Needing to understand why her gran had abused her she started to research her family's history & uncovered their secrets one by one including a shocking truth kept buried out of shame Her great-grandmother Emily Swann a brutalised wife had been hanged for the murder of her violent husband Powerful & moving Sins of the Family shows how tragedies can impact generations to come but understanding & forgiveness can heal the past PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS GUARD A SILVER SIXPENCE