Patricia Crossley-Hayes draws on her mothers experience in this debut novel, an unmarried teenager giving birth on the eve of the Second World War, who saw no other option but to give her baby up. Heartbreak Baby weaves fact together with three touching stories of love, longing and war. Patricia will be in conversation with her son, the actor, writer and filmmakerRichard Cotton. Guaranteed to be an intimate, moving and entertaining event.
.. .a wonderful, powerful and deeply moving story Michael Hartland
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