One Family. Three generations. A common goal to unite them. A lifetime of secrets to divide them. But could uncovering the truth be the only way that this family can finally heal?Three generations of women find their way back home to Tasmania. They embark on a project together to renovate the family manor and convert it into a bed and breakfast. After a tumultuous life of pain and betrayal, Mary … and betrayal, Mary swore she’d never let anyone hurt her or her family again. But in order to keep her word, she has to guard a secret she swore to keep fifty years earlier.
But with the family now under the one roof, and the past tampered with, the foundations of this secret are shaken.
Mary always believed that hiding the truth was protecting the family, but when all is exposed, she finds that by keeping her secret, she was the one hurting them all.
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This is a story of family, secrets and what mothers will do to keep their family safe, three generations of woman from the one family are bought back together to live in a beautiful mansion in a small town in Tasmania, they are there to start a new family business but will secrets be uncovered and will it tear them apart or pull them together. I do hope you will come along for the journey and meet Mary, June, Grace, Lily-Rose and Pia, you will not be sorry.
Mary knows that her beloved homestead is in need of repairs and with no money she needs to get something sorted, this involves bringing her family together and starting a bed and breakfast with them all involved, each member will play a part in the future, she is determined to keep the secret that she has kept for fifty years.
Mary has been through so much in her life, pain and betrayal but she is determined that nothing will hurt her family.
June, Mary’s youngest sister has always been there to support Mary and together they have lived and made a good life in Tasmania.
Grace, the middle sister happily married with her own family but is grieving after the loss of her husband and discovering a past she knew nothing about.
Lily-Rose Mary’s daughter and famous actress her world has fallen apart maybe this time back in her old home will help repair her.
Pia, Mary’s granddaughter she arrives home with a secret of her own but knows this is the place she wants and needs to be.
Five women together under the one roof each with struggles with different issues will being together help them or hinder them and when secrets are uncovered the world as they know it changes so much, will love hold them together? Will it be for the good or not?
This is well written story that takes in so many issues, MS Underdown has bought each character to life so as the reader gets to know them well, I am not sure that I had a favourite character but together they made the story so very good, the ups and downs and the shocks when secrets are revealed had me turning the pages to find out what happens. This is a story that I would highly recommend, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I loved this story. All the character were wonderful. I couldn’t put it down. The family dynamic was so well done and believable. Great book!
Loved it.
I wasn’t particularly a fan of the narrative style of this book; I found it somewhat distracting and disjointed at times. In fact, when I first started reading it, I thought I might lay it aside and not continue. But something just kept drawing me back and I found I couldn’t stop reading. I loved the characters, every quirky, flawed one of them. I even came to embrace the narrative style because somehow it seemed to fit the realism of the characters’ growth and development. A little rough, but definitely a gem.
I really liked this book. Very few plots surprise me but this one did. Characters were very well written and the story kept me interested
I enjoyed this book. I loved the story line. It was a little predictable but well told none-the-less.
I recommended this book to friends because there were so many twists and turns. Loved it.
I recommend this book, it is very entertaining and quite whimsical. As the story progresses, the outcome becomes rather obvious, but that is ok. I still liked it a lot and the ladies are very interesting to say the very least.
Nice easy fun read.
Interesting story line with lots of twists covering generations so must be invested in story to follow different characters. A good read.
What tangled webs we weave! The truth will out eventually.
It was gratifying to know that family could rally together when the situation required that they do so. Even though they worked together for a common goal, each brought their own problems and personality and I enjoyed seeing how it all came together. It was a good human interest story with characters who had faults and made mistakes.
Good story!
Makes one think how even mothers have secrets it might be best not to know.
Loved this book, great read and very captivating
I could almost guess the secrets but there is always room for a twist or two, very well written,
I loved getting to know these women.
I enjoyed reading it and pretty much didn’t put it down.
Interesting and different.
Loved this book. Very well written and very believable. Had very good insight into several women.