An unexpected family [large print] / Joan Medlicott.

ISBN: 9780739481752
ISBN: 0739481754
ISBN: 1585479667
ISBN: 9781585479665
Physical Description: 199 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Edition: Center Point large print edition.
Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Pub., [2007]
Copyright: &copy;2007

Medlicott, Joan A. (Joan Avna) (Author).

Summary:

Widowed Amelia always portrayed her marriage to Thomas Declose as complete perfection. They lived in Paris and entertained widely for a glittering crowd; only the tragic loss of their little girl marred what appeared an ideal existence. So when Miriam Smith arrives with her daughter Sadie on Amelia's doorstep in a snowstorm, claiming to be the illegitimate child of the long-dead Thomas, Amelia reacts with shock and fury. Could Thomas possibly have had a secret life he hid from her...a life that would have made their marriage vows a lie? Rebuffing the wise counsel of her housemates, Grace and Hannah, Amelia dismisses the possibility of a family of her own and buries herself in the pain of betrayal and humiliation. Little Sadie is the spitting image of Amelia's own lost daughter, though, and she cannot help taking mother and child into her heart. But danger stalks Miriam, and it looks as if Amelia might lose this family, too. When Mother's Day arrives, will she be left with empty arms...or with her deepest longings fulfilled?