An Absence of Birdsong

SECRETS LIES AND A MIND-BLOWING REVELATION. Emma grew up believing that her grandmother was dead. 1915 - Eliza's mother Alice dies before she can tell her how to solve the coded letters hidden in a secret compartment in her bureau. The letters which will tell Eliza 'the truth'. 2004 - Eliza in a nursing home in Southport tells her solicitor that she has a granddaughter called Emma and needs her help with locating the coded letters. Emma anxious to leave Malta and return to England receives a puzzling letter from Eliza's solicitor asking her to return to Southport the town where she lived as a child. Why did Emma's parents tell her Eliza was dead? What secret is hidden in the coded sheets? 'An Absence of Birdsong' is a story about the importance of love family and forgiveness. And also about moving on.