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The Paper Bracelet

Motivated by an urge to help reunite adoptees with their birth parents, Katie Carroll joins an internet forum discussing the Irish mother and baby Home she worked at in the 1960s, unaware that by doing so, secrets affecting her own life will be revealed.
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  • Publisher: Hachette
  • Year: 2020
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400pp
  • Illustrated: No
  • Dimensions: 232x153mm
  • ISBN: 9781529380620
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.5kg
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Every baby's bracelet held a mother's secret...

Inspired by heartrending real events, the gripping new novel from No. 1 bestselling author Rachael English. Readers of Diane Chamberlain and Kathryn Hughes will love this book.

'A true storyteller who keeps you turning the pages' Cathy Kelly

For almost fifty years, Katie has kept a box of secrets.
It dates from her time working as a nurse in a west of Ireland mother and baby home, and contains a notebook with details of the babies and young women she met there. It also holds many of the babies' identity bracelets.
Following the death of her husband, Katie makes a decision she has long kept at bay. She posts a message on an internet forum, knowing that the information she possesses could help reunite adopted people with their birth mothers.
Soon, the replies are rolling in, and Katie encounters success, failure, heartache and joy as she finds herself in the role of part-detective, part-counsellor - chasing down leads, piecing together stories, and returning many of the bracelets to their original owners.
But there is one bracelet in the box that holds the key to a story that may never be told ...
The Paper Bracelet is a gripping and moving story of secrets, lies and a love that never dies.

Reader love for Rachael English:

'A cracking page-turner in the best tradition of Maeve Binchy' Patricia Scanlan

'Beautiful, compelling, and sincere in the way of the very best stories and the best books' Irish Independent

'An evocative read ... powerful ... If you read authors such as Diane Chamberlain, Sheila O'Flanagan or Maeve Binchy then you should also check this out' Between My Lines

'Enchanting, emotional, heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting and just perfect... Rachael English is a wonderful storyteller' Being Anne
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  1. The Paper Bracelet
    The Paper Bracelet
    Rachael English
    RRP £13.99
    now Publ £4.99
    sale Now £2.99
    Condition: New - Very Good