Susannah Harker

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life. Richard & Judy Bookclub

Alice is treated almost as a slave by her bullying father, but when he wants to remarry he sends her to the country. Her stay there is all too brief, and when she returns her father's behaviour is more devilish than ever.

A young woman working in Paris falls in love with a man who, in turn, is in love with another. She decides not to pursue the man; she is prepared to wait, alone - that is, until one night a male friend of her rival asks her what she does for a living and she answers 'prostitute', and she decides to play her new role to the hilt…