Sleep Sister /
Elliot, Laura,
Sleep Sister / Laura Elliot. - Sleep Sister is a new, extended version of When the Bough Breaks previously published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by New Island books. - United Kingdom : Bookouture, 2002. - 390 pages ; 20 cm
Two childhoods destroyed. One story they will never tell. Until now. Beth ran away from her family when she was a teenager. She left behind a terrible evil that took her innocence. She also left behind her sister, Sara. When Beth returns home, she is shocked to discover her terrible secret is not just hers alone ... she shares it with Sara. Under the shadow of a remote headland, the sisters make an oath they promise never to break. Eva's birth is a mystery that remains unsolved. Years later with her marriage in ruins, and her future uncertain, she realizes that to move forward with her life, she must first understand her past. But while Eva is drawing closer to the truth about her roots, Beth and Sara's lives are falling apart, crushed under the weight of the secret they carry. They must confront the past and face the darkness once more. But this time, their story will be heard. A breathtakingly tense and emotional story of the fierce bond between sisters and a family destroyed by a disturbing secret.
9781910751985 1910751987
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Birthparents--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Sleep Sister / Laura Elliot. - Sleep Sister is a new, extended version of When the Bough Breaks previously published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by New Island books. - United Kingdom : Bookouture, 2002. - 390 pages ; 20 cm
Two childhoods destroyed. One story they will never tell. Until now. Beth ran away from her family when she was a teenager. She left behind a terrible evil that took her innocence. She also left behind her sister, Sara. When Beth returns home, she is shocked to discover her terrible secret is not just hers alone ... she shares it with Sara. Under the shadow of a remote headland, the sisters make an oath they promise never to break. Eva's birth is a mystery that remains unsolved. Years later with her marriage in ruins, and her future uncertain, she realizes that to move forward with her life, she must first understand her past. But while Eva is drawing closer to the truth about her roots, Beth and Sara's lives are falling apart, crushed under the weight of the secret they carry. They must confront the past and face the darkness once more. But this time, their story will be heard. A breathtakingly tense and emotional story of the fierce bond between sisters and a family destroyed by a disturbing secret.
9781910751985 1910751987
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Birthparents--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.