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A gripping story of Martha, Clio, and Jocasta, three women who meet at Heathrow airport in 1985 on separate journeys, but whose paths cross again decades later. Each woman's life has taken a different turn since their first meeting, leading them to uncover a terrible secret about the infant abandoned at Heathrow decades ago. The search for her birth mother brings them together, and the women are forced to confront their pasts, secrets, and the love that has been withheld from them for so long.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Penny Vincenzi
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