Waiting to Begin

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1984. Bessie is a confident sixteen-year-old girl with the world at her feet, dreaming of what life will bring and what shell bring to this life.

Then everything comes crashing down. Her bright and trusting smile is lost, banished by shameand a secret shell carry with her for the rest of her life.

2021. The last thirty-seven years have not been easy for Bess. At fifty-three she is visibly weary, and her marriage to Mario is in tatters. Watching her son in newlywed blissthe hope, the trust, the joyBess knows it is time to face her own demons, and try to save her relationship. But shell have to throw off the burden of shame if she is to honour that sixteen-year-old girl whose dreams lie frozen in time.

Can Bess face her past, finally come clean to Mario, and claim the love she has longed to fully experience all these years

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A touching, believable story, perfect for fans of Sinead Moriarty and Rowan Coleman. Candis A brilliant read. Bella Sometimes funny, sometimes raw but always emotional, this is an honest story of how one mistake can change a life. The Peoples Friend A perfect summers day read. New! magazine Raw and honest, the author is one who always writes from the heart. The Sun

Author Bio

Amanda Prowse is an international bestselling author of twenty-seven novels published in dozens of languages. Her chart-topping titles What Have I Done, Perfect Daughter, My Husbands Wife, The Coordinates of Loss, The Girl in the Corner and The Things I Know have sold millions of copies around the world. Other novels by Amanda Prowse include A Mothers Story, which won the coveted Sainsburys eBook of the Year Award. Perfect Daughter was selected as a World Book Night title in 2016. She has been described by the Daily Mail as the queen of family drama. Amanda is the most prolific writer of bestselling contemporary fiction in the UK today. Her titles consistently score the highest online review approval ratings across several genres. A popular TV and radio personality, Amanda is a regular panellist on Channel 5s Jeremy Vine show, as well as featuring on numerous daytime ITV programmes. She also makes countless guest appearances on national and independent radio stations, including LBC and talkRADIO, where she is well known for her insightful observations and infectious humour. Amandas ambition is to create stories that keep people from turning off the bedside lamp at night, that ensure you walk every step with her great characters, and tales that fill your head so you cant possibly read another book until the memory fades