Publication
Headline (1999)
Description
Leonard Carstairs ruthlessly presides over his wife and children, shutting them away from the outside world. But when his fiery eldest daughter, Anna, strikes up a relationship with one of his employees, James Davidson, she glimpses a new world. And she knows she cannot stay in the old one.
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LibraryThing member Luli81
A simple story with simple characters, really predictable and not exciting at all.
The story of Sally, an orphaned girl who was given away by her wealthy but evil father to his bitter sister, to raise her as her own child. When her adoptive father passes away, Sally is beaten by her step-mother,
Hatred, violence and bloody beatings are normal from the first chapter. Women are presented as mere objects which can be used at any man's disposal. The story is lineal and not deeply developed. The characters are too good or too bad to be believable.
Cheap literature. Don't waste your time, there are far better stories than this one.
The story of Sally, an orphaned girl who was given away by her wealthy but evil father to his bitter sister, to raise her as her own child. When her adoptive father passes away, Sally is beaten by her step-mother,
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learning that same day that she is not her biological daughter. Barely surviving, she resolves to search for her true family, not knowing that her real father is a monster, far worse than his sister.Hatred, violence and bloody beatings are normal from the first chapter. Women are presented as mere objects which can be used at any man's disposal. The story is lineal and not deeply developed. The characters are too good or too bad to be believable.
Cheap literature. Don't waste your time, there are far better stories than this one.
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ISBN
0755399870 / 9780755399871
Other editions
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