The Girl in the Letter: A home for unwed mothers; a heartbreaking secret in this historical fiction

Read her letter. Remember her story...

Gripping. Mesmerising. Haunting. Heart-breaking. Once you''ve heard her story, you will never forget The Girl in the Letter.

Perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Rachel Hore and Kathryn Hughes, this page-turning, moving novel of separation and long-buried secrets will stay with you for ever.

In the winter of 1956 pregnant young Ivy is sent in disgrace to St Margaret''s, a home for unmarried mothers in the south of England, run by nuns, to have her child. Her baby daughter is adopted. Ivy will never leave.

Sixty years later, journalist Samantha stumbles upon a series of letters from Ivy to her lover, pleading with him to rescue her from St Margaret''s before it is too late. As Sam pieces together Ivy''s tragic story, terrible secrets about St Margaret''s dark past begin to emerge. What happened to Ivy, to her baby, and to the hundreds of children born in the home? What links a number of myster