The Scarlet Sisters: My Nanna's Story of Secrets and Heartache on the Banks of the River Thames
The Scarlet Sisters: My Nanna's Story of Secrets and Heartache on the Banks of the River Thames by Helen Batten
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0091959691 | 384 Pages | EPUB | 3.6 MB
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0091959691 | 384 Pages | EPUB | 3.6 MB
A granddaughter's search for her nanna's secret past – a story of love and loss, poverty and survival.
When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey of discovery into her family's past and the mysteries surrounding her enigmatic nanna's early life. What she unearths is a tale of five feisty red heads struggling to climb out of poverty and find love through two world wars. It's a story full of surprises and scandal – a death in a workhouse, a son kept in a box, a shameful war record, a clandestine marriage and children taken far too soon. It's as if there is a family curse.
But Helen also finds love, resilience and hope – crazy wagers, late night Charlestons and stolen kisses. As she unravels the story of Nanna and her scarlet sisters, Helen starts to break the spell of the past, and sees a way she might herself find love again.