# The Secret Children

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- Authors: [Alison McQueen](https://www.bookquiver.com/alison-mcqueen)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-01-19

## Description

'gripping, emotional and beautifully written' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars 'Beautiful, beautiful book. Loved it. Could not put it down. It gripped me from the first page. Great story. Evocative writing.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars Assam, 1925. Surrounded by the dramatic landscape of a tea plantation, sisters Mary and Serafina grow up in a world of contradiction and confusion. Born to a beautiful but naïve Indian mother and dynamic Scottish father, they are loved but hidden away. For these are children who cross two very different cultures, and are accepted by neither . . . When the shadow of war falls, the girls must face the truth and begin the search for somewhere to belong. It is a journey full of forbidden questions, heartbreak and determination. As the sisters grow up, they must risk everything and make choices with a legacy that will last a lifetime, and beyond. The Secret Children is a story of love, loss, family secrets and yearning to find a place to belong.

## Editions

### The Secret Children

- Publisher: Orion
- ISBN: 978-14-0913-551-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2012-08-16
- Language: en_GB

### The Secret Children

- Publisher: Orion
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0913-116-8
- Published: 2012-01-19
- Language: en_GB