{"id":17620,"date":"2025-01-31T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T05:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=17620"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:42:33","slug":"the-family-before-us-by-tracy-martin-summers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=17620","title":{"rendered":"The Family Before Us by Tracy Martin-Summers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please join me in welcoming Tracy Martin-Summers and her latest novel, The Family Before Us, to Celtic Connexions.
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Blurb<\/h2>\n

I was only seven when I first met Eva. She stood at the front of the classroom, pale and petrified, clutching her hands as our teacher introduced her.<\/p>\n

There was something about her\u2014something that pulled me towards her immediately.<\/p>\n

Maybe it was the sadness that lingered in her eyes, or her oversized, second-hand clothes, or the shoes so tight they pinched with every step.<\/p>\n

Whatever it was, I knew I had to be her friend.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ironic that her one simple mistake at the age of sixteen contributed to turning our lives upside down.<\/p>\n

How was it that one single act of kindness exposed a web of inconceivable deceit, so mind-blowing, it was impossible to comprehend<\/p>\n

What would you do if you discovered a secret so shocking that you no longer knew who you were?<\/p>\n

How far would you go to protect the people you loved?<\/p>\n

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Book Links<\/h2>\n

Goodreads:\u00a0<\/strong> https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/222383821-the-family-before-us<\/a><\/p>\n

Purchase Link:<\/strong>\u00a0 https:\/\/mybook.to\/familybeforeus-zbt<\/a><\/p>\n

My Review<\/h2>\n

\"\" Abandonment, bullying, deception. And behind it all? Someone in a position of trust.<\/p>\n

The title made me think of Lisa Jewell and her books. This wasn’t like them at all. I flipped through the virtual pages, trying to figure it all out.<\/p>\n

This is the first Tracy Martin-Summers book I’ve read, and it won’t be my last. I still get shivers when I think of the book.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/h2>\n

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Tracy was born in Harrow Weald, Middlesex, growing up in a loving family home. She married her first husband in 1990, has two grown up children and two granddaughters.<\/p>\n

She studied a variety of topics via moduled learning, embarking on City and Guilds and NVQ courses, ranging from a brief spell in hairdressing to administration and now works for a utility company in North West London.<\/p>\n

Tracy has numerous hobbies ranging from landscape painting to landscape gardening and always likes to paint the scene, even if it\u2019s changing the colour scheme,yet again, within her home.<\/p>\n

Tracy has always enjoyed writing and used to write short stories for her own children’s amusement but it has only been in the last few years that she has taken this more seriously and has gone on to write her first police procedural psychological thriller series, comprising Gordon Square, Arlington Terrace and Keeper\u2019s Lodge.<\/p>\n

On the 1st August she released her latest psychological thriller 101 and is now already plotting her next book.<\/p>\n

Tracy married her second husband in 2014 and now lives in Bedfordshire in a sleepy hamlet where she writes whenever she gets a spare moment.<\/p>\n

Author Links<\/h2>\n

Twitter:<\/strong>\u00a0 https:\/\/twitter.com\/TracyMartinSum1<\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0 https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tracy_martinsummers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0 www.tracymartinsummers.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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