The Separation: Discover the perfect escapist read from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter’s Wife

The Separation: Discover the perfect escapist read from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter’s Wife

<p><b>FROM THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE</i> </b></p><p><i>The Separation</i> by Dinah Jefferies is a sweeping novel set in 1950s Malaya, about a mother searching for her daughters.</p><p><b>What happens when a mother and her daughters are separated; who do they become when they believe it might be forever? </b></p><p>1953, the eve of the Cartwright's departure from Malaya. Eleven-year-old Emma can't understand why they're leaving without their mother; why her taciturn father is refusing to answer questions.</p><p>Lydia arrives home to an empty house - there's no sign of her husband Alec or her daughters. Panic stricken, she embarks on a dangerous journey to find them through the hot and civil-war-torn Malayan jungle - one that only the power of a mother's love can help her to survive.</p><p>Dinah Jefferies was born in Malaya in 1948 and moved to England at the age of nine. She has worked in education, once lived in a 'rock 'n roll' commune and, more recently, been an exhibiting artist. She spends her days writing, with time off to make tiaras and dinosaurs with her grandchildren. <i>The Separation</i> is her first book.</p>