The Separation

<p><b>FROM THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE <i>TEA PLANTER'S WIFE</i> </b><br><br><i>The Separation </i>Dinah Jefferies' stunning debut novel is the heartbreaking tale of a family fractured by lies and one mother's love reaching across the distance of years and continents.<br><br><b>A country at war with itself</b><br><b>a family divided and betrayed</b><br><b>a bond that can never be broken...</b><br><br>Malaya 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband Alec? Her young daughters Emma and Fleur? <br><br>Fearful and desperate she contacts the British District Officer and learns that Alec has been posted up country. But why didn't he wait? Why did he leave no message? <br><br>Lydia's search takes her on a hazardous journey through war-torn jungle. Forced to turn to Jack Harding a man she'd vowed to leave in her past she sacrifices everything to be reunited with her family.<br><br>And while carrying her own secrets Lydia will soon face a devastating betrayal which may be more than she can bear . . .</p>