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Having spent her childhood shunned by her adoptive parents in favour of her 'golden child' older sister, Mia vowed never to be the black sheep again. Since those lonely days, she's looked after Number One, lotus-eating abroad courtesy of a very rich man. But her charmed existence is interrupted when her sister dupes her into returning home for a short stint as a carer. Housebound in England with her life in Sardinia in tatters, Mia's world is turned upside down. Yet Mia's not prepared for the secrets she discovers lying beyond her mother's grave - what was the significance of the old knitting bag embroidered with peacocks her mother continually clutched? Does Mia dare to discover a life she never knew existed?

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Mia, the heroine, is a desperately mixed-up young woman, and we read the unfolding drama with horrified empathy when we learn her background and the secret she's tried to bury. Sue Mackender's style is gritty yet emotional and we are swept away with a cast of dubious characters who we hope will get their comeuppance, and Mia who we are rooting for. Molly Green, author of the Dr Barnardo's Trilogy and The Victory Sisters Trilogy. I thoroughly enjoyed the pace and inventive plot of this story. Packed with character and the twists and turns wrought by human frailty. A delight on and between the covers. Terri Fleming  Author of Perception  Sue Mackender has a wonderful, often wryly entertaining eye for the best and worst of human nature in this sharply observed, uplifting tale of one woman's journey from rejection to acceptance and love.  Joanne Walsh, women's fiction author

Mia, the heroine, is a desperately mixed-up young woman, and we read the unfolding drama with horrified empathy when we learn her background and the secret she's tried to bury. Sue Mackender's style is gritty yet emotional and we are swept away with a cast of dubious characters who we hope will get their comeuppance, and Mia who we are rooting for. Molly Green, author of the Dr Barnardo's Trilogy and The Victory Sisters Trilogy. I thoroughly enjoyed the pace and inventive plot of this story. Packed with character and the twists and turns wrought by human frailty. A delight on and between the covers. Terri Fleming Author of Perception Sue Mackender has a wonderful, often wryly entertaining eye for the best and worst of human nature in this sharply observed, uplifting tale of one woman's journey from rejection to acceptance and love. Joanne Walsh, women's fiction author

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Sue Mackender sold her successful recruitment business after 29 years to follow her lifelong passion for books and begin a new career as a writer. Sue is often termed as a Grit-Lit writer of Commercial Fiction. She places her heroines in impossible situations where they need to fight their corner to survive. Her first two novels Accident of Fate and Accident of Birth have been firm favourites with Book Club readers. She has also been published in America in the Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies. The Girl on the Hill is Sue's third novel. In 2019 Sue was awarded the coveted Katie Fforde bursary. Sue lives with her husband in Surrey.

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