Ghost Children

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Sue Townsend one of Britain's most-loved writers & the creator of the much-loved Adrian Mole" series tells a compassionate & gritty story of love & loss in " Ghost Children". " Gripping & disturbing. Utterly absorbing" (" Independent"). Seventeen years ago Angela Carr aborted an unwanted child. The child's father Christopher Moore was devastated by the loss & he retreated from the world. Unable to accept what had happened between them both went their separate ways. However when Christopher makes a horrifying discovery whilst out walking his dog on the heath he finds that he is compelled to confront Angela about the past. As they start seeing each another again can they avoid the mistakes of the past? & will their future together be eclipsed by those mistakes of yesterday? A compelling fable of our times " Ghost Children" is a compassionate & gritty examination of love & loss from one of Britain's most-loved writers Sue Townsend. " Bleak tender & deeply affecting. Seldom have I rooted so hard for a set of fictional individuals" (" Mail on Sunday). " Leaves one gasping for more" (" Daily Telegraph"). " Engrossing memorable & moving" (" Guardian"). " Startling & raw" (" Observer"). Sue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 )" " Number Ten" " The Queen & I" " Queen Camilla" & " The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year" all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up."