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Eli's Secret
Eli's Secret
Eli's Secret
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This story takes place between 1901 and 1921. It is set in a quiet village in the Welsh Marches where two old men, The Reverend ApIvor, and Old Eli, disagree over a moral issue that ends their long friendship. Each does so willingly to conceal the young people in their keeping to protect them and their secrets, but their wellintentioned actions have serious repercussions for the future. Years later, upon the death of Old Eli, a young woman, Lily, discovers her true identity and is suddenly thrust into a world of prejudice, anger, and revenge for the past. At odds with her affluent, middle class upbringing is the revelation that her mother, Mahalia, was raised a Romani. Within days Lily is abducted, and narrowly escapes with her life. Fleeing, she finds help and friendship amongst the people she fears. She returns home determined to discover her true origins and locate her real father. When the Reverend ApIvor learns of his old friend's involvement with Mahalia and Lily, he wishes to make amends concerning his actions long ago.In Australia, Lily's real father, using the name Harry Jenkins, learns of Lily's existence and determines to meet her. He must convince his daughter that he did not desert her mother willingly all those years ago. He returns to England seeking redemption and hoping to be reunited with Mahalia. Unbeknown to Lily, her mother is dying of tuberculosis, a common cause of death amongst the Romani during that period. Harry and Lily meet after Mahalia's funeral, but are not destined for happiness immediately. Someone else is out for revenge, someone closer to home who wants payback for feeling abandoned and betrayed by him all those years ago. When Harry changed his name he left England by selling his identity illegally. Now, through malice, the criminals who bought his authentic papers have been alerted to his presence. They want to remove all proof of that original transaction. Harry must return to Australia to escape detection. Now it is Lily who must protect her father and keep his departure secret. They have nothing left but hope.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 8, 2012
ISBN9781905553648
Eli's Secret
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D M Lewis

Born in Hereford shortly after the WWII, D.M.Lewis* has moved across the country and now lives in Norfolk. After attending Hornsey College of Art in the 70s, she began a career as a scriptwriter and trainee producer with British Transport films and later continued to write for the corporate sector in video, live events and, finally, online training. In 2003 it was time to take a sabbatical – a belated gap year – and travel extensively in New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Retirement has brought unexpected opportunities to write fiction and fulfill a lifetime's ambition. This first novel brings together her own childhood memories of her home county, her mother's birthplace in Wales, and the reminiscences of grandparents and greatgrandparents from the era in which Eli's Secret is set. An unexpected invitation from friends to visit a sheep station in South Australia cemented her love for Australia and its extraordinary landscape. Her other abiding interest is photography. The cover of Eli's Secret shows the River Wye at Fownhope, and demonstrates the writer's skill with a camera. *D.M.Lewis is a pen name

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