Sabina "Bean" Lilly Wilson is thirty-eight, married, living in Sydney,
Australia, and elated that she is pregnant. She and her husband
Ted have waited for everything to be perfect before starting
their family--at least until she joyously shares the news with her
Mum and Dad. The reaction from her mother fractures Sabina's world as
she knows it. When eventually told she is adopted, Sabina is
horrified that the parents who have drilled her on honesty are the
very ones to have kept this secret from her all these years.
Megan and Graeme Baxter have refused to share any information surrounding
Sabina's adoption, forcing her to search out every avenue
available for clues. An Internet search reveals the Australian government was
involved in forced adoption
policies from 1960 through 1980, snatching babies from
unwed mothers with no recourse. Even
though Sabina was given a privileged life with her adoptive parents,
finding her biological mother is a burning drive, with a need to know
the circumstances by which she was given up and to understand
how a mother could walk away from her child. With an
overwhelming abundance of emotion and heartbreak, Sabina comes
face to face with the reality of her adoptive parents and the parents
she never knew existed, who all loved her, and how it will change
their lives forever.
THE SECRET DAUGHTER is a disturbing but poignant tale is heartfelt and
devastating at the
cruelty handed out to these young unwed pregnant girls. Author Kelly Rimmer is
an expert at transferring the heartbreak and desperation of
the characters to the reader. The story is an exceptionally emotional,
sad, but completely fulfilling tale of injustices being brought to task.
I have not had the pleasure of reading Rimmer's works before,
but will certainly keep an eye out for any future books. I was
completely drawn in with the story and could not put it down.
Excellent, worthwhile read for any mother!
As I saw my new-born baby’s face for the first time I tried
desperately to capture her face in my mind—to stamp it onto my
eyelids. As she was taken from me I knew I might never see my
daughter again.
37 years later…
‘You were adopted’. Three short words and Sabina’s life
fractures. There would forever be a Before those words, and an
After.
Pregnant with her own child, Sabina can’t understand how a
mother could abandon her daughter, or why her parents have
kept the past a secret.
Determined to find the woman who gave her away, what she
discovers will change everything, not just for Sabina, but for
the women who have loved her all these years.
From the bestselling author of ME WITHOUT YOU comes another
touching, beautifully told story about the pain of separation
and the enduring strength of love.
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