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Dawn Barker Dawn Barker i(A153114 works by)
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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1 2 y separately published work icon Let Her Go Dawn Barker , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2014 6864494 2014 single work novel

'A powerful and haunting novel about family, motherhood and letting go.

'How far would you go to have a family?

'What would you hide for someone you love?

'Confused and desperate, Zoe McAllister boards a ferry to Rottnest Island in the middle of winter holding a tiny baby close to her chest, terrified that her husband will find her or that her sister will call the police.

'Years later, a teenage girl, Louise, is found on the island, unconscious and alone.

Flown out for urgent medical treatment, when she recovers she returns home and overhears her parents discussing her past and the choices that they've made. Their secrets, slowly revealed, will shatter more than one family and, for Louise, nothing will ever be the same again.

'Let Her Go is a gripping, emotionally charged story of family, secrets and the complications of love. Part thriller, part mystery, it will stay with you long after you close the pages wondering ... What would you have done?' (Publication summary)
3 3 y separately published work icon Fractured Dawn Barker , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2012 Z1928630 2012 single work novel 'Tony is worried. His wife, Anna, isn't coping with their newborn. Anna had wanted a child so badly and, when Jack was born, they were both so happy. They'd come home from the hospital a family. Was it really only six weeks ago? But Anna hasn't been herself since. One moment she's crying, the next she seems almost too positive. It must be normal with a baby, he'd thought? She's just adjusting. But now Anna and Jack are missing. And Tony realises that something is really wrong.' (Publisher's blurb)
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