‘A novel about the human spirit – Liz Trenow paints with able prose a picture of the prejudices that bind us and the love that sets us free . . . Splendid’

PAM JENOFF

‘An intriguing patchwork of past and present, upstairs and downstairs, hope and despair’

DAISY GOODWIN

‘The aftermath of war can be ferocious. This gentle and thoughtful story concentrates on the positives, without ignoring the destruction and pain of an epic conflict’

Daily Mail

THE SECRETS OF THE LAKE

Liz Trenow is a former journalist who spent fifteen years working for regional and national newspapers, and BBC radio and television news, before turning her hand to fiction. The Secrets of the Lake is her eighth novel. She lives in East Anglia with her artist husband, and they have two grown-up daughters and three beautiful grandchildren.

By Liz Trenow

The Last Telegram

The Forgotten Seamstress

The Poppy Factory

The Silk Weaver

In Love and War

The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane

Under a Wartime Sky

The Secrets of the Lake