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  • Published: 18 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141046051
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $26.00

Father Unknown




Lesley Pearse is one of Penguin's premium brand authors with total sales of 5 million copies worldwide

One young woman in search of a past - and a future ...

Sweet-natured but dappy Daisy Buchan drifts from job to job and takes her policeman boyfriend Joel for granted. She's happy, but she doesn't know what she wants from life.

But when her adoptive mother dies and leaves her twenty-five-year-old daughter a scrapbook of memories, Daisy finally discovers who she is and where she came from. Her real mother was a teenage farmer's daughter from Cornwall - and Daisy drops everything to go and find her. But in going in search of her past, is Daisy risking the future of her relationship not only with her adored dad but also with Joel? And will she be able to deal with the truth about her real parents and the real Daisy?

  • Published: 18 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141046051
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Lesley Pearse

Lesley Pearse was brought up in South London in various orphanages from the age of three. She learned about the Soho club scene and the music business during the Sixties with the late John Pritchard. Her novels have sold over ten million copies worldwide. Lesley has three daughters and three grandchildren and lives in Bristol.

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley now lives just outside Bristol. She has three daughters and two grandchildren.

Find out more about Lesley and keep up to date with what she's been doing by following her on Twitter@LesleyPearse or by signing up for her regular newsletter at www.LesleyPearse.com

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Praise for Father Unknown

Orphaned, lost. Who is she really? One young woman's search across the globe for a past - and a future . . . Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had . . .

from the publisher's description

With characters it is impossible not to care about, this is storytelling at its very best

Daily Mail

An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry

Woman's Weekly