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Snake On Saturdays

(2001)
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Perhaps some secrets are better left buried in the past if youreally want a second chance at love.

Helen Tanner runs her own business, spends her evenings out withfriends, anything to avoid memories of the tragedy she left behind. She livesalone and likes it that way.
Until, that is, a dark-haired vet walks into her shop and into herlife. Her first unpromising encounter with Dai Evans turns into a tumultuousaffair. As passion grows into love, Helen is forced not only to consider a newfuture, but to face up to a troubled past.
Should she tell her lover what causes her nightmares? Will thisfamily man still want her when he knows the truth?
Heart-rending and powerful, 'No Bed of Roses' is a story of loss,love and healing. Jean Gill's characters always feel like real people: complex,thoughtful, and with believable histories and motivations. We really want Helenand Dai to be together and all that stands in their way is the human damagecaused by loss and guilt. How can they live with Helen's ghosts?

For fans of Kerry Lonsdale, Kristin Hannah, Hilary Boyd.


'A story we all carry with us.' Fiona McClean,From Under the Bed

'The humour frequently has the effect of pointing up the starkreality with which she writes.' -Ted Griffin, Pause Magazine



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