MY SECRET SISTER: JENNY LUCAS AND HELEN EDWARDS’ FAMILY STORY

Book ID/图书代码： 06580013B60958

English Summary/英文概要： Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed doors, she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginary sister, the only one who understood her pain. Jenny was adopted at six weeks and grew up in Newcastle. An only child, she knew she was loved, and with the support of her parents she went on to become a golfing champion, but still she felt that something was missing. . . Neither woman knew of the other’s existence until, in her fifties, Jenny went looking for her birth family and found her sister Helen. Together they searched for the truth about Jenny’s birth - and uncovered a legacy of secrets that overturned everything Helen thought she knew about her family. Happily, they also discovered that they were not just sisters, they were twins. Inspirational and moving, this is the story of two women brave enough to confront their past, and strong enough to let love not bitterness define them.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在小村莊裡長大的Helen與祖父母、叔叔嬸嬸比鄰而居。雖然親人的陪伴令她感到安心，但卻無法保護她不受到冷漠的母親和父親暴力的傷害。在大家看不見的時候，Helen多年來一直默默忍受殘忍的暴力虐待。有時後她會不由自主和腦袋裡幻想中的姐姐交談，因為這位她想像中的姐姐是唯一能夠體會她痛苦的人。

Jenny才出生六周後就被其他人收養，此後便生活在另一個小鎮。她是家中唯一的孩子，知道自己備受父母寵愛，但這一切卻總也無法填補她內心莫名的空虛。Jenny知道她的生活失去了某樣重要的事物…

無論是Helen或Jenny，都不知道對方的存在。直到40歲那年，Jenny找到親生父母，她才發現Helen的存在。於是她們一同探究Jenny的出生之謎，揭開遺留多年的秘密，而這些秘密更是摧毀多年來Helen對家的認知。

但還好上天眷顧，Helen和Jenny發現彼此不僅是姐妹，兩人還是一對雙胞胎。
這是一本激勵人心的故事，Helen和Jenny一同勇敢面對過去，並堅強放開人生中的苦澀，選擇了愛…

Awards/获奖情况：連續16週Amazon暢銷感人故事

see here for a sample:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/12/were-we-secret-twins
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2244182/Long-lost-sisters-reunited-55-years-discover-TWINS.html

About the Author/作者介绍： Helen Edwards後來接受護士培訓，曾效力於英國醫療體系並服務數年，擔任手術室的助理護士。現在是一名催眠治療師和心理醫師。

Jenny Lee Smith因1976年奪得英國女子高爾夫公開賽而聞名於世。1981至1982年，她是歐洲巡迴賽最有價值的高爾夫球手。

Helen Edwards became a theatre nurse before training as a psychotherapist and hynoptherapist. She is now retired and lives in Northumberland. Jenny Lee Smith was the top professional woman’s golfer in Europe. Today she lives in Kent and breeds dogs.

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