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Glenda Jenkins suffers repeated abuse from her husband, Harry, leading to a hospitalization that forces her to confront her dire situation. While recovering, she meets a compassionate porter, Frank, who offers her a way out. Together they escape to the Kent coast, but Glenda must make the painful decision to leave her baby, Johnnie, behind. Now living a new life pierced by grief, she wonders whether she will ever reunite with her child and break free from the looming threat of her former husband.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Kitty Neale
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