To those around her, Irene Baindor had been a young woman of class and musical talent, the wife of a wealthy and powerful man, and the mother to a beloved baby boy. But behind closed doors she was a woman with a dangerous husband, a husband who would one day act with such cruelty that Irene would be left without most of her voice and memory. It was then that Irene disappeared. What Irene had been doing, and where she had been, gradually emerges over the following weeks, as the unlikely benefactors who had befriended her step forward to reveal the remarkable life she has led.

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After a long journey the book arrived safely in Spain.
Thanks a lot for sending !

I must admit that I have never read a book by Catherine Cookson before. But that‘s what bookcrossing is good for : to get to know authors you don‘t know.

Happy travelling!

I didn’t know about this and it’s so cool! Will read the book and then drop it off again somewhere in the region. Thanks to whoever put it up here!