Author: Irene Carr Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Adventure
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ISBNs: 9780340836699 0340836695 |
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Alison Grant is just five when her father is sent to prison for murder. Taunted at school for being a jailbird's daughter, then abandoned by her mother, she goes to live with her grandmother. She tells her only new friend that her mother is dead and her father is a ship's captain. It is the beginning of a new life of lies and deception, which continues after her grandmother's death. Alison begins to dream of owning a chain of cafés and becoming a lady. But her family's shaming secret will come back to haunt her once more.
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