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  • Published: 6 July 2006
  • ISBN: 9780141903736
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 704
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Charlie




Lesley Pearse is one of Penguin's premium brand authors with total sales 10 million copies worldwide

Can young Charlie find the strength to save her family?

One glorious summer's day, sixteen-year-old Charlie Welsh has her privileged childhood brought to an abrupt and terrifying end when she witnesses her mother being brutally attacked in her own garden by two strangers.

With her father mysteriously away Charlie has to face up to sinister forces that seem intent on shattering her family and even her belief in her parents.

But she is not alone. Charlie meets kind, funny student Andrew, whose love helps her through the hard times and further unexpected tragedy. Together, can they unravel the mysteries of the past that haunt the Welsh family? And will facing up to those mysteries destroy their love for each other or make it stronger?

  • Published: 6 July 2006
  • ISBN: 9780141903736
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 704
Categories:

About the author

Lesley Pearse

International bestselling author Lesley Pearse has lived a life as rich with incidents, setbacks and joys as any found in her novels. By the mid-sixties she was living in London, sharing flats, partying hard and married to a trumpet player in a jazz-rock band. She has also worked as a nanny and a Playboy bunny, and designed and made clothes to sell to boutiques.

It was only after having one son and three daughters that Lesley began to write. She published her first book at forty-nine and has not looked back since.

Lesley is still a party girl.

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Praise for Charlie

From the international No.1 bestselling author Lesley Pearse, comes Charlie the compulsive page-turner. She has to protect her parents . . . even if they are keeping secrets. Her family is threatened and only she can save it . . .

from the publisher's description

With characters it is impossible not to care about, this is storytelling at its very best

Daily Mail

An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry

Woman's Weekly

A heartwarming tale of the triumph of the human spirit

Woman and Home