Sheer Abandon

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An abandoned baby girl, a secret, the story of survival - Penny Vincenzi's SHEER ABANDON is the story of one desperate act, and the consequences that follow...

'Like a glass of champagne: bubbly, moreish and you don't want it to end' Daily Express

One night in 1986 an abandoned baby girl is found in a cupboard at Heathrow airport. A year earlier Martha, Clio and Jocasta had met by chance, at the start of a backpacking adventure: they travelled together briefly and then went their own ways, swearing to meet again when they return home. But it would be a long time until they met again: not until Kate, the foundling, is a teenager, and all three are leading successful lives. Martha is a single, highly paid lawyer, Clio a doctor, locked in an unhappy marriage, and Jocasta a reporter, in love with a charming commitment-phobe. Which of them is Kate's mother Why was she desperate enough to do such a thing, and how did she survive it

Reviews

Gloriously unputdownable - Woman & Home

Highly addictive - Daily Telegraph

A guaranteed bestseller. Travel, romance, mystery and politics in one novel - Grazia

A gloriously tempestuous and romantic mix; trembling lust and dark secrets - Daily Express

Author Bio

Penny Vincenzi began her career at Vogue and Tatler, laterworking as Fashion and Beauty Editor on magazines such as Woman's Own , before becoming a contributing editor for Cosmopolitan . She is the author of two humorous books and eleven previous novels. Penny Vincenzi is married with four daughters.