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Rebecca’s Secrets
What happens when a boy starts asking questions?
Tommy Angel is an orphan growing up with his grandparents, Rebecca and Daniel, in the East End of London in the Fifties. Tommy tries to make sense of the world around him but his questions arouse shameful memories, stir the family ghosts and open a box of dark family secrets. Gradually he uncovers the truth about his lost sisters, his real father and mother.
It's New Year's day, 1956, and as the low winter sun penetrates the dark corners of Eric Street, it sets fire to a boy's curiosity.
"There was something secret about me and my family. That morning I became curious. That day I started asking questions."
Charming, funny and sad, this novel is based on a true story.
Tommy Angel is an orphan growing up with his grandparents, Rebecca and Daniel, in the East End of London in the Fifties. Tommy tries to make sense of the world around him but his questions arouse shameful memories, stir the family ghosts and open a box of dark family secrets. Gradually he uncovers the truth about his lost sisters, his real father and mother.
It's New Year's day, 1956, and as the low winter sun penetrates the dark corners of Eric Street, it sets fire to a boy's curiosity.
"There was something secret about me and my family. That morning I became curious. That day I started asking questions."
Charming, funny and sad, this novel is based on a true story.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 9, 2013
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March 29, 2025
I wrote this one, so no review, but I've just published a new extended version.
January 29, 2019
Wonderful book. It made me laugh and cry and I love books based on a true story. I couldn't put it down and it really made me appreciate my life as a kid and growing up with 2 parents even though they were divorced. It a great story watching it all unfold when this young 11 year boy starts asking a lot of questions.
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