Darling Girls
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Synopsis
A thrilling, immersive story about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder by Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Mother-in-Law
It’s not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows.
For as long as they can remember, Claudia, Margo and Jackie have been told how lucky they are. Rescued from their own family tragedies, they were raised by a loving foster mother on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance for a happy family life.
But the girls’ childhood wasn’t quite the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. And when a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the three foster sisters find themselves thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses.
It’s time for them to return home as adults. The only question is are they innocent victims or the prime suspects for murder?
With darkly comic timing and insidiously twisting plots, Sally Hepworth’s novels are guaranteed to keep you glued to your headphones . . .
Authors love Sally Hepworth:
'Completely compulsive' - Jane Harper
'Women’s fiction at its finest' - Liane Moriarty
'Smart suspenseful, brimming with secrets' - Kate Morton
'Clever, chilling and beautifully crafted’ - Adele Parks
Reviewers love Sally Hepworth:
'Very sensitively told' - Daily Mail
'Compels from the first page' - Heat
'Stunningly clever' - People
Listeners love Sally Hepworth:
***** 'I absolutely loved it and couldn't put it down!'
***** 'Twists and turns from start to finish!!'
***** 'Suspenseful, and twisty, the most fantastically compulsive reading'
Release date: April 23, 2024
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Print pages: 352
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I loved the format this was written in with the labeled flashbacks as well as another point of view that was slowly unraveling throughout the story. Thus began the scrambling and the guessing. I have never flipped from back to front to back again and again as often as I did while reading this b...
I loved the format this was written in with the labeled flashbacks as well as another point of view that was slowly unraveling throughout the story. Thus began the scrambling and the guessing. I have never flipped from back to front to back again and again as often as I did while reading this book. I was desperate to find the answers to my questions.
This was such a great story filled with characters that were flawed but that called to me in a way I’ve not experienced before. As much as I was thrilled to learn all of their secrets, I hated to see their story end.
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Jessica Lovat was only four years old when she was placed at Wild Meadows; her mother, a Chinese Immigrant who worked as a seamstress, died, and her father was unknown. She became Australia's reading expert on home organization and married Phil.
Norah Anderson was ten years old when she was placed in the foster system. Her mother became addicted and died of a drug overdose holding Norah's hand. She's six feet ...
Jessica Lovat was only four years old when she was placed at Wild Meadows; her mother, a Chinese Immigrant who worked as a seamstress, died, and her father was unknown. She became Australia's reading expert on home organization and married Phil.
Norah Anderson was ten years old when she was placed in the foster system. Her mother became addicted and died of a drug overdose holding Norah's hand. She's six feet tall, has olive skin, blue eyes, and a Lebanese heritage. When she was placed at Wild Meadows, it was already her seventh placement.
Her grandmother raised Alicia Connelly until she became ill and was hospitalized. She went to Wild Meadows as a respite case but stayed for over a year. Later, she became a social worker, working with foster children.
Miss Holly Fairchild owns and operates the Wild Meadows foster home. Ms. Fairchild had rules, was unpredictable, and was never to be crossed; the punishment could be detrimental. At one point, it was only young girls, but then she started taking in infants Rhiannon and Bianca. Taking care of particular needs, infants became overwhelming; she gave up the babies and adopted a little girl named Amy, a blue-eyed blond-haired girl.
Dirk Winterbourne is a red-haired, freckled young man who is the horse caretaker who worked on the property for the boarded animals.
Scott Michales is the darling girls' social worker who placed them at Wild Meadows.
Dr. Warren Psychiatrist
Twenty-five years later, Miss Fairchild sold the property, and they were knocking down the house to build a McDonald's when they came across human remains. The police contacted all the girls who lived at the home, asking questions about their time at Wild Meadows.
The twists and turns, the abuse and trauma these women experience at the hands of a psychopath narcissist.
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