Peter King
Lose yourself in this heart-wrenching adult fictional novel centring around Daniel that delves into his early difficult home life, following his journey into old age.He and his younger sister Joyce, while living at home with their mum, have to endure a very hostile and abusive relationship with their dad. It is not helped by the fact that he refuses to accept them as his biological children.The dad leaves to live with his girlfriend, but when the mum passes, he is back to try and evict Daniel and his sister from the family home and then tries to sell it under their nose.While facing a court battle, Daniel’s love life is shredded with broken romances. He gets close to Rachel, but that doesn’t run smoothly due to a baby that turns out not to be his.The reader will easily feel sympathy towards Daniel with his feelings stretched to a limit.The later years are kinder to him with marriage and children, but again his life is thrown into turmoil with a serious family illness.The emotional twists and turns will keep you captivated until the end, perhaps touching on personal experience.
