Bøker av Lizzy Mumfrey

How much do we ever really know about our own family? At her great granny Irene's wake, Emily is astonished when a letter from the grave reveals a secret which had been kept hidden for decades.Irene's written confession explains that she had an illegitimate daughter she named Julia who she gave up for adoption in 1945. In a heartfelt plea, Irene begs her family to search for her long-lost child so they can tell her that she was never forgotten and always loved.Emily vows to fulfil her great-grandmother's final wish and sets off on a journey of discovery to find Julia. However, as she starts to dig into Irene's history, she finds out she wasn't the only member of her family keeping secrets.As her own life story is called into question, Emily finds she has more than one mystery to unravel as she realises the relationships she took for granted might not be quite what they seem.Searching for Julia is a thought-provoking novel which is full of surprises. Will Emily deliver Irene's heartfelt message to her daughter? And will her mission force Emily to rethink some of her own deep-seated beliefs and prejudices?

It's 1987, and three schoolgirls contemplate what they will be like at fifty: with so many different paths they could take, limitless opportunities unfurl before them. One warning rings out amid their speculations: be careful who you marry.Halloween approaches, and the Young Farmers' disco with it, a simple night out that changes lives forever. That night, three different choices create three wildly diverging destinies.Lilli never expected that growing up would happen so suddenly, and so permanently - but motherhood has that effect. Quiet, timid Mouse had been happy to stay in the shadow of her brilliant scientist husband, until that shadow started to come apart. Lizzy took a different route. She desired nothing less than the perfect man, only to realise that it is never that simple.Through four decades, the school friends' lives are shaped by choices made on that one night, encompassing friendship, marriage, motherhood, loss and the mistakes we make along life's pathway.Lives collide and coalesce. Love is found and lost, the unexpected becomes the norm as the thin line between joy and tragedy blurs.Choose your path. Find your love. Keep it close. But, above all, be careful who you marry.