The Hidden Women: An inspirational novel of sisterhood and strength

The Hidden Women: An inspirational novel of sisterhood and strength
Kerry Barrett

From the bestselling author of The Girl In The Picture comes a beautiful new timeslip novel.Readers love Kerry Barrett:‘All Kerry Barrett's books are brilliant’‘I'd highly recommend this: detective fiction, historical fiction, powerful, moving, thrilling, sometimes comic, always very human.’‘A beautiful story which kept me hooked’‘I would definitely recommend this read, but be warned, you won't want to put it down.’‘Loved the whole story, couldn't put it down’‘Will definitely read more from this author’

About the Author (#uc52d779b-fc8c-5c3c-be7f-68878f6af926)

KERRY BARRETT was a bookworm from a very early age and did a degree in English Literature, then trained as a journalist, writing about everything from pub grub to EastEnders. Her first novel, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, took six years to finish and was mostly written in longhand on her commute to work, giving her a very good reason to buy beautiful notebooks. Kerry lives in London with her husband and two sons, and Noel Streatfield’s Ballet Shoes is still her favourite novel.

READERS LOVE KERRY BARRETT (#uc52d779b-fc8c-5c3c-be7f-68878f6af926)

‘All Kerry Barrett’s books are brilliant.’

‘I’d highly recommend this: detective fiction, historical fiction, powerful, moving, thrilling, sometimes comic, always very human.’

‘A beautiful story which kept me hooked.’

‘I would definitely recommend this read, but be warned, you won’t want to put it down.’

‘Loved the whole story, couldn’t put it down.’

‘Will definitely read more from this author.’

Also by Kerry Barrett (#uc52d779b-fc8c-5c3c-be7f-68878f6af926)

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

I Put a Spell on You

Baby It’s Cold Outside

I’ll Be There For You

A Spoonful of Sugar

A Step in Time

The Forgotten Girl

The Girl in the Picture

The Hidden Women

KERRY BARRETT

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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019

Copyright © Kerry Barrett 2019

Kerry Barrett asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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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E-book Edition © January 2019 ISBN: 9780008318529

Version: 2018-11-29

Table of Contents

Cover (#uc148675f-e37f-52c9-a7eb-8321479332ad)

About the Author (#u10d57f09-8b7d-5859-a5bb-a8ccdf68668f)

Readers Love Kerry Barrett (#udcf06689-7166-5f81-8b5e-9cc4144e58db)

Also by Kerry Barrett (#ue5376dd4-c4d7-546f-812c-8b04666e44be)

Title Page (#u7033c0ea-9725-58d8-8824-700e996c4561)

Copyright (#u5c858030-8a01-5dcb-8e4c-016c05ad1ef0)

Dedication (#u6caa3dbe-5727-5cfa-b683-d3b091df55dd)

Prologue (#u1f13a345-4278-5fe1-90ae-ab91f10b4ba4)

Chapter 1 (#udef36671-493d-5b2d-af4f-ec162fa7bc9d)

Chapter 2 (#u85ea4088-04de-5561-9315-4582ae10861c)

Chapter 3 (#ub43302ff-5d32-5870-a360-a73eaffc98f0)

Chapter 4 (#uf7d1f564-ebe6-5d8c-93ef-7a73aae39fa1)

Chapter 5 (#uaafa5d81-abcb-59cf-b2af-a535f7cb6bb2)

Chapter 6 (#u7fa10d38-0908-5f8b-b119-ac7653103778)

Chapter 7 (#uc1a4fe79-0f7a-58c9-bb2d-ccb004c7b91c)