In a Kingdom by the Sea

In a Kingdom by the Sea
Sara MacDonald

Sweeping from Cornwall to Karachi, this is a compelling and heartwrenching tale of love, secrets and betrayal across generations.Perfect for readers who love Santa Montefiore, Rosanna Ley and Dinah Jefferies.When Gabby looks back at her childhood in Cornwall, she has a kaleidoscope of happy memories. An old house surrounded by wildflower fields, a sea of the deepest blue and hidden coves where she and her sister Dominique roamed wild. But one defining memory colours everything – the day that Dominique was silently and inexplicably sent away, shattering the close family forever.Years later, Gabby is working as a translator in London. When her husband Mike is offered a transfer to Pakistan, Gabby wonders if swapping the grey London streets for the buzz and vibrancy of Karachi might be the change that she – and her marriage – needs.But the reality of Karachi isn’t the escape that Gabby hoped for. Her life begins to unwind with alarming speed and changes the direction of her life. When she returns with Dominique to the old house in Cornwall, the sisters are caught in the slipstream of the past. So begins a journey into the heart of their childhood, which will unearth a secret buried many years ago…

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008245191

Ebook Edition © June 2019 ISBN: 9780008245214

Version: 2019-05-16

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For Michael and for Lizzie who both passed away before I finished this book. You left me so many happy memories of love and support.

For my Pakistani friends and for my friends here at home. Thank you, you all enrich my life.

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All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well

Julian of Norwich

Contents

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Title page (#u7f231a17-7c2a-5c16-be80-b9af05f102e1)

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Dedication (#u4643da27-ae30-59c3-aef0-9e771bf5a00b)

Epigraph (#uc5ce8b1f-4d9d-579f-9c0d-362b870b805a)

Prologue (#u352b2ab0-1907-55cc-8e38-052e08339498)

Part One (#uf86a2d94-ee43-51cf-9ae9-a875d3e508f1)

Chapter One (#ufc2c9161-85c2-58c5-b82d-e65dbf095250)

Chapter Two (#u33a6c1bd-3bb1-5aa5-9063-4e261d31b37f)

Chapter Three (#u2ef7b589-d62c-5752-bbd9-2f45da3b10d4)

Chapter Four (#u1f33c5b2-3250-52a6-871e-1bcd1e7c3097)

Chapter Five (#u2afcf867-1ddd-5a9f-89b9-f38278c2a8c6)

Chapter Six (#uf233770c-05e6-57c3-a2f4-00d609cb6798)

Chapter Seven (#u526235b3-9566-5db9-b06e-edc140ecbb4a)

Chapter Eight (#ufb1ed75d-1c97-5fd2-ad84-8af703d97e6b)

Chapter Nine (#ued1ce7b7-2570-5019-8566-736dba074daa)

Chapter Ten (#u67f2892b-90a4-5727-9351-c7bdc25d13a6)

Chapter Eleven (#ue0cd6433-97d7-57e1-81ac-4d9aa2361b93)

Chapter Twelve (#ua200449b-4a98-5ed6-b5ae-e5e8dd06dd37)

Chapter Thirteen (#u2c71ec7a-6232-5ff8-8d38-cf17426733e1)

Chapter Fourteen (#u70a024ad-2c90-54f9-9b9e-8fe6715ac245)

Chapter Fifteen (#u88c177c3-21b9-5b68-8fc3-dd4c4814867a)

Part Two (#u8cb1d448-c3f7-5055-9d2d-3f8477cbfdf9)

Chapter Sixteen (#ue17edc0d-ab6e-524b-803f-38a542e9ace4)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)