Shadows of the Evening

Marion Husband has an MA in Creative Writing and has taught creative writing for many years for the Open University and has lectured on Creative Writing MA courses. Her bestselling Boy I Love series was awarded the Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award and The Blackwell Prize. She is married with two grown up children and lives in Norton in the Tees Valley.

'Husband's writing is notable for an understated yet intense sympathy for the movements of the heart. Impressive' Guardian1964. The town of Thorp in the North of England has always kept its secrets. With so many husbands returned from the war changed men, there are some truths that can never be spoken.And yet, Bobby Harris is determined to find out the truth about his father, Paul. Horrified by Paul's scandalous posthumous biography, Bobby must discover if he really has been lied to all his life.But in uncovering his father's secrets, he soon learns that it is not only his own family who will be affected by his search for the truth. Acclaim for Marion Husband's novels'As with all the best novelists, Husband's talent seems to draw its energy from the experience of writing from perspectives far removed from her own'Patrick Gale'Superbly written... A poignant and very readable novel'Historical Novels Review'Husband's novels are compelling page-turners with hidden secrets and complex love lives'Northern Echoheadline.co.uk Fiction £9.99 ISBN 9781786157836Headline Accent logo (Twitter logo) @MarionHusband(Facebook logo) facebook.com/marion.husband(Cover image for SHADOWS OF THE EVENING)Cover credit ...Also available as an ebook