The Third Child

When the Grainger family discovers that their late son Alec had a daughter no one knew about this posthumous gift will reconfigure their lives and hers. Because her mother Lizzie is serving eighteen months for check fraud Jade is sent to live with the grandparents she didn’t know she had. Alec’s widow Leah must deal with the fact that her husband had been unfaithful and also help care for his child. Unlike her mother Alec’s older daughter Susanna loves taking care of her new sister but that love just might interfere with pursuing the surfing career she’s always wanted. And thirteen year old Jade suddenly has a new life she must negotiate without the help of her mother.