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The Truth About Melody Browne

The Truth About Melody Browne

Summary

Will she ever uncover the secrets of her past? From the multi-million bestselling author comes a brand new look for this compulsive, heart-wrenching read that will keep you hooked until the very last page.
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A house on fire.
A nine-year-old girl.
Memories gone …

Now in her early thirties, Melody Browne lives an ordinary life with her seventeen-year-old son. But she feels like something is missing.

Her sense of belonging.

And then fragments of her past start to come back. At first her memories mean nothing to her but slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood.

But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody beings to wonder whether she will ever uncover the secrets of her past . . .
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Reader's can't get enough of The Truth About Melody Browne . . .

***** 'I loved this ... I too could not put it down and read it in less than 24 hours.'
***** 'Pretty sure this is going to start a love affair with this author.'
***** 'What an emotional journey this novel has taken me on.'
***** 'This is the kind of book you hug after reading it!'
***** 'This story was honest, unapologetic, and full of unconventional characters. I enjoyed it so much.'

About the author

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell is the No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, including The Family Upstairs, Then She Was Gone and her latest novel, None of This is True. Her novels have sold over 10 million copies in the UK and internationally, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in London with her husband, two daughters, an amazing Romanian rescue dog called Daisy, and Ivy the mad orange kitten.
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