Contemporary

The Barefoot Child

by Michelle Dixon
Released: 28th January, 2025
ISBN:
9781835741078
eISBN:
9781835742563

The Barefoot Child tells the poignant story of Lisa and Jess, a mother and daughter torn apart by violence and fate.

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Full synopsis

The Barefoot Child tells the poignant story of Lisa and Jess, a mother and daughter torn apart by violence and fate. After years of manipulating the truth, both Lisa and Jess forge new, separate lives.

When six-year-old Jess witnesses her alcoholic father being killed in a struggle, her mother's ex-boyfriend, Ray, rescues her. When Lisa takes the blame, leading to her psychiatric confinement, Ray becomes Jess's guardian, offering her a new life while Lisa agonises over the consequences of her actions.

Twelve years later, Jess begins to unravel the mysteries of her traumatic childhood. Meanwhile, Lisa has rebuilt her life, concealing her painful past. But as Jess uncovers the truth, they reunite.

Can Lisa and Jess reconcile, or are they better off apart?

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Here's what readers have to say about this book....

Bob

I picked the book having read the blurb and whist not my usual read. It intrigued me to discover more.To experience such an emotional push and pull was initially quite disquieting. Which soon engaged with the trials & tribulations described. Particularly in the life development of the daughter and subsequently the mother. Whist not physically together their effect on each other was occasionally disturbing and yet compelling. As each met their challenges with tragic and resourceful experience and moved slowly together. An emotional challenging story of lives so often experienced around us. Very ably brought to reality by the author in a style which translates the story so well.

Steve

A Mother and Daughter are torn apart following a Nights Violence. We then follow their story's told in their own words. Switching between Jess the 6 year old daughter and her mother Lisa over a twelve year period as forgotten truths are remembered and unfold.

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