My Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' Family Story

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· Pan Macmillan
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A heartbreaking and moving true story of two sisters separated at birth, and their journey towards finding each other, celebrating the true meaning of family.

Helen Edwards grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed doors, she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginary sister, the only one who understood her pain.

Jenny was adopted at six weeks and grew up in Newcastle. An only child, she knew she was loved, and with the support of her parents she went on to become a golfing champion, but still she felt that something was missing. . .

Neither woman knew of the other's existence until, in her fifties, Jenny went looking for her birth family and found her sister Helen. Together they searched for the truth about Jenny's birth – and uncovered a legacy of secrets that overturned everything Helen thought she knew about her family. Happily, they also discovered that they were not just sisters, they were twins.

Inspirational and moving, My Secret Sister by Helen Edwards and Jenny Lee Smith, is the story of two women brave enough to confront their past, and strong enough to let love not bitterness define them.

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4.4
170 reviews
Kate Lockley
October 31, 2014
Amazing read. Our family recently went through a reunion with my husband's birth mother and her family. It was heartbreaking to read the stories of deceit, loss and abuse. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Joanne Gordon
October 1, 2013
So many different emotions felt for Jenny, abused physically,mentaly &emotionally while, unbeknowst to her at the same time, her twin sister was growing up in home with the unconditionala love of her adopted family
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Crystal Horsburgh
December 29, 2013
Amazing book! Glad you both never gave up when it felt like you kept hitting road blocks! My heart aches for the way helen was raised, no child should feel so unloved and endure the abuse you did! Atleast you found each other and will have many happy moments and memories together!
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About the author

Helen Edwards became a theatre nurse before training as a psychotherapist and hynoptherapist. She is now retired and lives in Northumberland. Jenny Lee Smith was the top professional woman's golfer in Europe. Today she lives in Kent and breeds dogs.

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