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Dead to Me by Lesley Pearse trailer

Discover the heart-wrenching, epic story of female friendship, courage and triumph over adversity, by bestselling author Lesley Pearse

25 May 2017
Dead to Me

  • Dead to Me

  • Discover a compelling story of loyalty, love and the strength of friendship in war-torn Britain, from the international bestselling author Lesley Pearse

    'Glorious, heartwarming'     Woman & Home

    'Full of love, passion and heartbreak'     Best
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    Spring 1935.

    On London's Hampstead Heath, two girls meet by chance: well-mannered and smartly dressed Verity and dishevelled and grubby Ruby.

    Somehow, the mismatched pair form an instant friendship strong enough to survive their parent's disapproval.

    When war engulfs the country - sending Ruby to Devon while Verity struggles to find a new beginning under a shadow from her past - the girls are convinced they will always be there for each other.

    Until the day one breaks the other's heart . . .

    Can Verity and Ruby find a way back to each other before it's too late?
    ___________

    'Yet another great Lesley Pearse novel'     Woman

    'Epic romantic drama set in post-war London'     Heat

    'A heart-warming and evocative tale that is a real delight to read'     Sun

    'A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers'     Daily Mail

    'Evocative, compelling, told from the heart'     Sunday Express

    'Utterly riveting, brilliant'     Closer

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Lesley Pearse

International bestselling author Lesley Pearse has lived a life as rich with incidents, setbacks and joys as any found in her novels. After her mother died, Lesley spent three years in an orphanage before she was taken home when her father remarried. Resourceful, determined and willing to have a go at almost anything Lesley left home at sixteen. By the mid Sixties she was living in London, sharing flats, partying hard and married a trumpet player in a Jazz rock band. She has also worked as a nanny, a Playboy bunny and designed and made clothes to sell to boutiques. It was only after having three daughters that Lesley began to write. The hardships, traumas, close friends and lovers from those early years were inspiration for her beloved novels. She published her first book at 49 and has not looked back since. Lesley is still a party girl.

Lesley Pearse

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Read the first two chapters of Lesley Pearse's brand new novel, Suspects

Read on for the exclusive first two chapters of million copy bestselling author Lesley Pearse's new novel Suspects, out on 24th June 2021.
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The exclusive first chapter of Liar by Lesley Pearse

Read on for the exclusive first chapter of Liar, the new novel from million copy bestseller, Lesley Pearse, out on June 25th 2020.
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Competitions

Win a Champagne Afternoon Tea for Two at Bovey Castle and a signed copy of Lesley Pearse's You'll Never See Me Again

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