When Max met Sophie she was a lively, happy, creative soul and he instantly fell in love.

Sophie discovers her friends are not all they appear and she changes, becomes obsessed with losing weight. Ana, Mia and Sue add their own problems to her already difficult life yet she resists any help from Max. Now they are in a dangerous game to see who has the most to lose.

Max stages a work of performance art for Sophie to show her what she is doing to herself and those around her, but Sophie is hard to convince when Ana is always whispering in her ear.

First published in 1991, My Secret Family is the classic cautionary tale of dark secrets, hidden truths, manipulation, and hope.

Penelope Mittins

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