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The Lost Pearl — Emily Madden
A sweeping family saga of long lost love, for readers of Fiona McIntosh and Mary-Anne O'Connor.
From Pearl Harbor to the shores of Sydney, asecret that spans generations could unite a family or destroy it. Honolulu, Hawaii 1941 On the evening of her sixteenth birthday party, Catherine McGarrie wants nothing more than for the night to be over, even though the opulence of the ballroom befits the daughter of a US Navy Rear Admiral. Then she meets Charlie, a navy officer from the other side of the tracks, a man her parents would never approve of. As rumours of war threaten their tropical paradise, Catherine and Charlie fall in love. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941 changes their lives forever. Seventyfive years later, addled by age and painkillers, Catherine tells her granddaughter Kit her story and reveals the tale of a longlost treasure. Can Kit uncover the secret and reunite her family? Or will the truth tear them apart?
From Pearl Harbor to the shores of Sydney, asecret that spans generations could unite a family or destroy it. Honolulu, Hawaii 1941 On the evening of her sixteenth birthday party, Catherine McGarrie wants nothing more than for the night to be over, even though the opulence of the ballroom befits the daughter of a US Navy Rear Admiral. Then she meets Charlie, a navy officer from the other side of the tracks, a man her parents would never approve of. As rumours of war threaten their tropical paradise, Catherine and Charlie fall in love. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941 changes their lives forever. Seventyfive years later, addled by age and painkillers, Catherine tells her granddaughter Kit her story and reveals the tale of a longlost treasure. Can Kit uncover the secret and reunite her family? Or will the truth tear them apart?
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