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The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heart-breaking historical bestseller based on a true story, Brenda Davies
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The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heart-breaking historical bestseller based on a true story

Author: Brenda Davies

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Unabridged: 12 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 04/01/2021

Genre: Fiction - Historical

Synopsis

A raw, heart-breaking yet ultimately uplifting novel about a young woman cut down in her prime, and of the woman who brings her back to life.***TOP TEN KINDLE BESTSELLER***'Compelling. Poignant. Haunting. Heart wrenching. Just beautiful. Everyone needs to read this wonderful book.' - Renita D'Silva, bestselling author of The Forgotten Daughter1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure in the certainty of a bright, happy future - until one night of passion has more catastrophic consequences than she ever could have anticipated. Labelled a moral defective and sectioned under the Mental Deficiency Act, she is forced to endure years of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who are supposed to care for her. 1981. When psychiatrist Janet Humphreys comes across Nora, heavily institutionalised and still living in the hospital more than forty years after her incarceration, she knows that she must be the one to help Nora rediscover what it is to live. But as she works to help Nora overcome her past, Janet realises she must finally face her own.Based on a true story, The Girl Behind the Gates is the raw, heart-breaking yet ultimately uplifting tale of a young woman cut down in her prime, and of the woman who finally brings her back to life, perfect for fans of The Girl in the Letter and Philomena.(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

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