Her big secret that she wallowed over the entire book, when she wasn't presuming what was to come in the memoir, wasn't that great after all.

Joely is sure she can uncover the truth but as the story unravels, she is spun deeper and deeper into a world of secret and lies. It is 1968 and the story of a 15 year old schoolgirl who embarks on an affair with her music teacher. My only issue was that this was a fairly lengthy read and I think it could have been a tad shorter but hey, it just gave us more time to spend with some interesting people and mystery that keeps you guessing.

She never intended to leave Joely in the tower for more than a day, she explains, leaving out the detail that she sent her housekeeper away on holidays so even she wouldn't discover Joely. One minute she is full of memories she regales Joely with, the next she takes to her room and doesn't speak to her for a day. Also, Freda has chosen Joely for a reason and finding out that reason kept me quickly turning the pages, eager to discover how everything falls together. Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Upon arriving, Joely discovers that Freda has already begin the memoir, having written the first two chapters already, and it is her firm wish that Joely continue in the vein with which she began.

I adore these – they take me back to my first overseas holiday to Austria when I was 12 and we rode the funicular in Salzburg. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. I would like to thank NetGalley, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction and the author Susan Lewis for my ARC in exchange for an honest review. The story covers two timelines that are easy to follow once you get past the first third of the book where the storyline is hard to get into.Although most cases of sexual interest in any children below the age of consent is often labelled as pedophilia. Peppered throughout are the memoir entries written in the first person narrative, leaving the reader pondering who she may well be.