The Truth: All families have secrets. Some protect. Some destroy.

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All families have secrets. Some protect. Others destroy.
Three sisters. A last wish from their dying mother. Can they forgive her

Brenda Smith shouldnt feel lucky shes only got months to live, if that. But knowing this means shes got one final chance to make peace with the grown-up daughters shes not seen since she did something terrible decades back.

Emily, her eldest daughter, moved on. Shes got a good job, nice family and a daughter of her own on the cusp of adulthood. Appalled by how her own mother tore the family apart, she could never do the same or could she

Teresa, the middle child, learnt the hard way that she could only rely on herself and if she wanted nice things, shed have to go out and get them, by any means possible. Shes not proud of some of her choices and it looks like its time for her to pay the price.

And Shannon, the youngest No ones been able to reach her for years. She left home to outrun her pain but some things can never be escaped, only confronted.

Will facing the truth set them free or shatter even more lives

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Karen Woods left school at 15 with no qualifications but she always knew she had a story to tell. An adult literacy course when she was 40 opened the gates and she's written over 20 novels since. She is now a passionate literacy campaigner who also works in schools empowering children to write and tell their story. Karen lives in Manchester with her family.