THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

One of the world s bestselling storytellers Lesley Pearse writes brilliantly about survivors Why Because she is one herself Inspiring and hopeful this heartwarming memoir will have you captivated Woman An incredible memoir Sun Lesley is a great storyteller and like all good stories The Long and Winding Road concludes with one terrific twist Daily Mail Born during the Second World War Lesley s innocence came to an abrupt end when a neighbour found her aged 3 coatless in the snow The mother she d been unable to wake had been dead for days Sent to an orphanage Lesley soon learned adults couldn t always be trusted As a teenager in the swinging sixties she took herself to London Here the second great tragedy of her life occurred Falling pregnant she was sent to a mother and baby home and watched helplessly as her newborn was taken from her But like so many of her generation Lesley had to carry on She was after all a true survivor Marriage and children followed and all the while she nurtured a dream to be a writer Yet it wasn t until at the age of 48 that her stories of women struggling in a difficult world found a publisher and the bestseller lists beckoned As heartbreaking as it is heartwarming Lesley s story really is A Long