The Barefoot Child

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Pub Date Jan 28 2025 | Archive Date Feb 14 2025

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Description

The Barefoot Child tells the poignant story of Lisa and Jess, a mother and daughter torn apart by violence and fate. After years of manipulating the truth, both Lisa and Jess forge new, separate lives.

When six-year-old Jess witnesses her alcoholic father being killed in a struggle, her mother's ex-boyfriend, Ray, rescues her. When Lisa takes the blame, leading to her psychiatric confinement, Ray becomes Jess's guardian, offering her a new life while Lisa agonises over the consequences of her actions.

Twelve years later, Jess begins to unravel the mysteries of her traumatic childhood. Meanwhile, Lisa has rebuilt her life, concealing her painful past. But as Jess uncovers the truth, they reunite.

Can Lisa and Jess reconcile, or are they better off apart?

The Barefoot Child tells the poignant story of Lisa and Jess, a mother and daughter torn apart by violence and fate. After years of manipulating the truth, both Lisa and Jess forge new, separate...


A Note From the Publisher

Michelle Dixon has wanted to be a writer since the age of 11. She has been honing her skills as a novelist for the last few years and particularly enjoys creating different female perspectives and, out of the ordinary situations. Michelle lives in Nottinghamshire with her partner and dog. In her spare time she loves travelling the UK in her campervan.

Michelle Dixon has wanted to be a writer since the age of 11. She has been honing her skills as a novelist for the last few years and particularly enjoys creating different female perspectives and...


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ISBN 9781835742563
PRICE £4.99 (GBP)
PAGES 344

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Featured Reviews

As soon as a read the blurb I new I was in for a toughie. Emotionally so.
Such a devastating and explosive start to the book proved me right from the very opening scenes. This is the story of two people and what happens when one violent act changes both their loves forever. And how tough it is when memory differs, when experiences after differ, and how we heal...or don't differs.
I thought it was such a great telling. By using the story from both the young daughter and her mothers point of view you got to see such an emotionanly charged,poised and intelligent vantage point. Noone comes out of these incidents unharmed. But obviously through differing personalities and different consequences we all take things often very differently.
I felt so sad for both of them. And I wasn't sure whether I could bear the pain for both of them.
And in one hand I so desperately ached for a mother and daughter to be able to help,love and be together. But on the other I did find myself questioning how right this could be.
Such a complex amount of twists and turns on the mind in this one. And such a stunning piece of work. I love getting into the phycology like this so it hit me.in all the feels in all the right places.

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