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 Magda's Daughter - Catrin Collier
Newest Review: ... Magda Janek. After the Second World War, Magda settles in the Welsh town of Pontypridd with her young daughter. We begin the ... more  ... story as Helena is returning to Wales after finishing her degree at Bristol University.
Helena is beautiful and well educated. She is engaged to Ned and has a wonderful future ahead of her. She and her mother have a close and loving relationship (Ned doesn't get on quite so well with his Mother in Law to be!) but then tragedy strikes. Magda has a bitter and explosive secret that she carries to the grave.
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Magda's Daughter - Catrin Collier: What do you know about your families past? (792 words)
by - written on 23/08/09 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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Oh the joy of long summer holidays! My secret pleasure is reading all day, if I find a book good enough that I don't want to put it down. I found such a novel in Magda's Daughter, by Catrin Collier. In fact it was so good, I read all day, and evening, until the book was finished. Children were ignored, washing left in the machine, and I even barbequed one handed!! The author.... Catrin Collier was born and brought up in Pontypridd. She worked for a while in Europe and America before returning to her native Wales. She now lives on the Gower Peninsula near Swansea. She has written lots of historical novels, many of which are based in some way, on her ... Read the complete review
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