Wishes and Tears (Windsor Selection) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Dee Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2000 | Series: Windsor Selection

When a naive encounter at a Coronation party leaves sixteen-year-old Janet Slater pregnant there's no question in her scandalised parents' mind of her keeping the baby. Bundled off to a home for unmarried mothers in South London, Janet is about to face the hardest moment of her sheltered life alone. Forced to give her tiny daughter up for adoption, Janet promises her that one day, come what may, she'll find her... In the years that follow it seems, however hard Janet tries, it is a promise that will be impossible to keep. Nonetheless, she builds her life around her secret and Paula, her lost daughter, is never far from her thoughts. And one day, her searching pays off - the road to their longed-for reunion seems clear. But then a new shadow falls across the fragile happiness of both their lives...

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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About the Author

Dee Williams was born and brought up in Rotherhithe in East London where her father worked as a stevedore in Surrey Docks. Dee left school at fourteen, met her husband at sixteen and was married at twenty. After living abroad for some years, Dee and her husband moved to Hampshire, close to the rest of her family. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C (July 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754014444
• ISBN-13: 978-0754014447
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sad and moving tale, July 7, 2004

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M. E. Newell (Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wishes and Tears (Paperback)

"Wishes and Tears" by Dee Williams opens up with sixteen year old Janet Slater finding out that she going to have child out of wedlock in the 1950's. After her child is taken away from her, Janet vows to find her no matter the cost, even if it means not being with Mark. After years of looking and finding Paula, there time together will be limited.
This is a sad story about losing the ones that we love and finding them might only be a limit amount of time. While I really enjoyed "Wishes and Tears" the only reason that I didn't give five stars was the Mark character just seem to cruel and not very unbelievible.