The Lost Sister
The Lambert sisters have secrets…When 15-year-old Cathy Lambert runs away from her Dublin home, she is scared and pregnant. Settled in New Zealand with her new son Conor she believes the secret she carries will never be revealed…Rebecca Lambert was eighteen when her parents died and she took responsibility for her younger sisters. Years later, she is haunted by fears she hoped she'd conquered.Freed from family duties, mother of three Julie Chambers is determined to recapture the dreams of her youth.Married to a possessive older man, Lauren Moran embarks on a frantic love affair that threatens to destabilise her fragile world.Anxious to make peace with her three sisters, Cathy invites them to her wedding.But as the women journey together through New Zealand towards their reunion, they are forced to confront the past as the secret shared histories of the Lambert sisters are revealed.Fans of Amanda Brooke and Liane Moriarty will be gripped by this emotional story of a family shaken by secrets.
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Laura Elliot
The Lost Sister
Copyright
Published by Avon an imprint of
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers in 2009 as The Prodigal Sister
This ebook edition published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2017
Copyright © June Considine 2009
June Considine asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780007336852
Version: 2017-01-13
In loving memory of my close friend, Dympna Joyce-O’Byrne. Her zest for life and her tremendous courage will always be remembered
Contents
Copyright
Prologue
Departures
Chapter One
Havenswalk, New Zealand–October 2008
Chapter Two
Rebecca’s Journal–1985 1985
Chapter Three
Dublin-January 2009
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Rebecca’s Journal–1985
Chapter Six
Havenswalk–January 2009
Chapter Seven
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Eight
Rebecca’s Journal–1986
Chapter Nine
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Ten
Rebecca’s Journal–1987
Chapter Eleven
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Twelve
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Thirteen
Rebecca’s Journal–1989
Chapter Fourteen
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Fifteen
Rebecca’s Journal–1990
Chapter Sixteen
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Seventeen
Rebecca’s Journal–1991
Chapter Eighteen
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Nineteen
Rebecca’s Journal–1993
Chapter Twenty
Letters to Nirvana
Chapter Twenty-One
Rebecca’s Journal–1993
Chapter Twenty-Two
Letters to Nirvana
The Journey
Chapter Twenty-Three
Havenswalk
Chapter Twenty-Four
Bangkok
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Christchurch
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Lake Tekapo
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Cromwell
Chapter Thirty-One
Rebecca’s Journal–1994
Chapter Thirty-Two
Havenswalk
Chapter Thirty-Three
Queenstown
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Milford Sound
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Te Anau
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Rebecca’s Journal–1996
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Havenswalk
Chapter Forty
Queenstown
Chapter Forty-One
Cardrona Valley
Chapter Forty-Two
Wanaka
Chapter Forty-Three
Haast
Chapter Forty-Four
Jackson Bay
Chapter Forty-Five
Rebecca’s Journal–1998
Chapter Forty-Six
Fox Glacier Village
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Rebecca’s Journal–2002
Chapter Forty-Nine
Havenswalk
Chapter Fifty
Akona’s Place
Chapter Fifty-One
Kaikoura
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three
Rebecca’s Journal–2003
Chapter Fifty-Four
Nelson
Chapter Fifty-Five
Havenswalk, Day One
Chapter Fifty-Six
Chapter Fifty-Seven
Day Two
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Day Three
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Day Four
Chapter Sixty
Day Five
Chapter Sixty-One
Day Six
Chapter Sixty-Two
Day Seven
Chapter Sixty-Three
Day Eight
Chapter Sixty-Four
Day Nine
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Publisher
PROLOGUE
21 Heron Cove
Broadmeadow Dublin Ireland Urope The World 15 April 1985
Dear Mammy,
This is Cathy. Mrs Mulvaney said to rite you a letter. Is it stupit to rite to dead people? Mrs Mulvaney said it will stop me being sad. When I sleep anjels will come and read my letter. Is that true? Are you a anjel with wings? Is Daddy a anjel to? I hope you are in heven not hell. I saw a picture of hell. It is worse than a vulkayno. Is heven far away? Mrs Mulvaney said it is not. Mr Mulvaney flys in the window at night to see her when she is in bed. I dont know what to rite. She said rite the cat sat on the mat the cat sat on the mat and the words will come good. Nero dose not chase cats now. He is fat and old and sleeps with Becks and puts hairs all over the dubay. It is 3 months since you and Daddy are dead. Our house is sad like rain that wont go away. I like Kevins house best. We play Chuki Egg on his XZ Spectum and Mrs Mulvaney make us fish fingers and chips. Lauren is home from hospotal. The doctor cut the plaster off her legs. All her brooses are gone. She looks nice again. She dont talk to me or Becks or Julie She only talks when shes sleeping and wakes me up. The doctor gave her pills to make her smile but she just stare stare stare at the wall and dont make a face even when Becks komes the notts in her hair. Gramps says Becks is our Mummy and Daddy now. If we are bold the woman with the blak case will take us away. She come lots to our house and rites things down. 2 can play that game Becks said and she has a black book now. She rites when the woman rites and they stare stare stare at each other but not like Lauren. Lauren is just the same as a zombi in a film.
