Past Secrets

Past Secrets
Cathy Kelly

The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller, warm and moving - another gem from the much-loved Cathy Kelly.Keep a secret too long and it will creep out when you least expect it…Behind the shining windows and rose-bedecked gardens of Summer Street, there are lots of secrets. There’s the one that hard-working single mother, Faye, hides from her teenage daughter, Amber. And there’s the one that thirty-year-old Maggie hides from herself.When fiery Amber decides to throw away her future for love, and when Maggie ends up back home looking after her sick mother, their secrets begin to bubble over.The only person on Summer Street who appears to know all the answers is their friend Christie. Wise and kind, she can see into other people’s hearts to solve their problems. Except that this time, the secrets she’s hidden from her beloved husband and grown up sons suddenly reappear.When the past comes alive for Maggie, Faye and Christie, they finally have to face it.

Past Secrets

Cathy Kelly

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © Cathy Kelly 2006

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Praise for Cathy Kelly:

‘A tear-pricking writer, capable of making you care about her characters.’

Daily Mail

‘Totally believable.’

Rosamunde Pilcher

‘An upbeat and diverting tale skilfully told…Kelly knows what her readers want and consistently delivers.’

Sunday Independent

‘Warm and delightful.’

New Woman

‘An absorbing, heart-warming tale.’

Company

‘Her skill at dealing with the complexities of modern life, marriage and families is put to good effect as she teases out the secrets of her characters.’

Choice

‘Kelly dramatises her story with plenty of sparky humour.’

The Times

‘Kelly has an admirable capacity to make the readers identify, in turn, with each of her female characters…’

Irish Independent

For Laura, Naomi and Emer

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u7efcf490-ae92-5308-8e72-8844897080e1)

Title Page (#ua0d3b00b-044b-5205-be56-49b090b54265)

Copyright (#u8d33d0c0-c860-55fa-af2c-203f15d7eca5)

Praise (#uf637a521-826f-59a3-8faf-e2ecf9ab4d90)

Dedication (#u70fbaf13-14da-52a6-9be9-2377412a476f)

CHAPTER ONE (#ue57440f9-27c2-589d-8bc0-879bb28efc76)

CHAPTER TWO (#ua1ec5428-c4ac-5e29-b958-14298aeb960e)

CHAPTER THREE (#u5f0d0406-08bd-5b06-a08b-6d6f3bcc5a00)

CHAPTER FOUR (#u0eb07061-32c5-520c-9211-2a9cc974d7e7)

CHAPTER FIVE (#udb671a83-1545-51a3-8969-3b8964b94b92)

CHAPTER SIX (#u9bd6585c-c427-58df-906a-6aacb8e70fce)

CHAPTER SEVEN (#u07100e42-10bb-58f5-86c2-ffcb888d683f)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)