A Daughter's Heartbreak: A captivating, heartbreaking World War One saga, inspired by true events

In 1916, Clover Cooper's mother, Iris, gives birth to another baby, whom she leaves at a nunnery for safekeeping. When her father, Sidney, returns from the Western Front, life at home becomes dangerous. Clover turns to her grandmother, Elsie, for advice, but tragedy strikes, and Clover must find a way to keep her family together and safeguard all that she holds dear.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

The Silvertown Explosion, the emergence of women's football, and East End suffragettes are all featured in the brand-new trilogy from best-selling author Kay Brelland.

She is her family's only hope.

1916. East London. When sixteen-year-old Clover Cooper's mother, Iris, calls her home from work one day, the last thing Clover expects is to find that her mother has given birth to another baby. After all, Clover's unpleasant father, Sidney, has been in France for longer than nine months. Banned from questions and bound to secrecy by her beloved mother, Clover leaves her infant brother at a nunnery for safekeeping, despite her heartbreak at parting with him.

But when Sidney unexpectedly returns from the Western Front, life at home suddenly feels more dangerous than a battlefield. Strained by keeping such a secret, Clover turns to her fiercely protective grandmother, Elsie, for advice. But Elsie has her own life-changing decision to make.

Then tragedy strikes, and Clover will have to find a way to keep her family together and safeguard all that she holds dear.

Praise for Kay Brellend:

Vividly rendered

Historical Novel Society

A fantastic cast of characters

Goodreads

Thoroughly absorbing

Goodreads

Weight: 578g
Dimension: 163 x 245 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349435527