My Daughter, My Mother
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Publisher Description
In 1984 two young mothers meet at a toddler group in Birmingham. As their friendship grows, they share with each other the difficulties and secrets in their lives: Joanne, a sweet, shy girl, is increasingly afraid of her husband. The lively, promising man she married has become hostile and violent and she is too ashamed to tell anyone.
When her mother, Margaret is suddenly rushed into hospital, the bewildered family find that there are things about their mother of which they had no idea. Margaret was evacuated from Birmingham as a child and has spent years avoiding the pain of her childhood - but finds that you can't run from the past forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Brett's delightful 12th Fethering mystery (after 2010's The Shooting in the Shop), shy, retiring Carole Seddon is dismayed to find that someone has lit a fire under the beach hut that she's rented from a friend, Philly Rose, in the West Sussex village of Smalting. Even more disturbing is the subsequent discovery of human remains under the beach hut. Suspicion falls on Philly, whose boyfriend recently walked out on her, but Carole and her best friend, Jude, have plenty of other members of the Smalting Beach Hut Association to investigate, including its president, Reginald Flowers, a naval aficionado who never served before the mast; Lionel Oliver, a retired undertaker; and Deborah Wrigley, a wealthy widow with a well-earned reputation for being obnoxious. Cozy fans will enjoy Brett's usual deft character portrayal and humorous take on the social foibles of England's upper set.
