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A missing child. A shattered family. A mother''s love that knows no bounds... 1984. On board The Carousel cruise ship in the middle of the Mediterranean, two-year-old Robert vanishes from his cabin while his family sleep soundly beside him. Despite the frantic efforts of his mother Kimberly and stepfather Jason, he is never found. 2024. Lily balances a busy career as a psychotherapist with her responsibilities as a wife, mother and mediator between her divorced parents. Her older brother Robert''s disappearance has cast a dark shadow over Lily''s family her whole life. But when a new client, Zach, tells Lily about his shocking childhood memories of an imaginary ''other mother'', Lily''s belief that Robert drowned all those years ago starts to crumble. And she, Kimberly and Jason will soon have to face up to the truth of what happened on that cruise ship. Is Zach delusional? Or has someone known all along what happened to Robert? PRAISE FOR CARMEL HARRINGTON''S NOVELS: ''Warm, uplifting & important...a very VERY special book'' MARIAN KEYES ''Beautifully moving and uplifting'' CECELIA AHERN ''Storytelling at its best'' SHEILA O''FLANAGAN ''We defy you not to say, just one more chapter!'' BELFAST TELEGRAPH ''Beautifully written, emotionally intelligent & moving in the extreme'' DAILY MAIL
About the author
Carmel Harrington is the internationally bestselling author of thirteen novels. Her last novel, The Lighthouse Secret, was an instant Irish Times bestseller. Carmel's debut novel was a winner of multiple awards, and several of her books have been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award. She is a regular on Irish TV screens and radio and has been a guest speaker at literary events in Ireland, UK and USA. She was also the Chair of Wexford Literary Festival for three years.
Carmel is from Co. Wexford, where she lives with her husband, children and rescue dog, George Bailey.
