Breaking the Trust

By Lucy Clare and Lucy Woolley

Book Overview

When Jack Palmer dies, he leaves behind his wife of more than half a century, Clattie, and their three grown children. He also leaves behind a startling secret: the child he fathered with another woman. And now it is up to Clattie to tell her children about the brother they never knew they had-and do whatever it takes to keep her family from falling apart. But as her children struggle to come to terms with their father's secret past, Clattie herself must confront the truth about her future. Especially when a newcomer to the village suddenly starts making her feel as awkward as a teenager...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451211693
• ISBN13: 9780451211699
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

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The Palmer family gathers after the death of the patriarch, Jack, aka "The Gaffer," to learn of their secret inheritance---their father's illegitimate son Titus Palmer. Jack's widow Clattie, who has kept her husband's past from their children, shocks Hugh, Ralph, and Pippa when she reveals she and the Gaffer have been involved in the lives of Titus, his wife Jane, and their two children, Summer and Alby. These unfolding events test the meaning of the word trust, as the members of the Palmer family find their lives and their loyalties changing the more they allow Titus and his family into their world. This is a book for people who enjoy complex, thought-provoking stories about what really matters in life.