Secret Cure, the

Sue Woolfe

ISBN 10: 0330421247 / ISBN 13: 9780330421249

Published by Pan Macmillan

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[Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Sue Woolfe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 444 This is the story of Eva, the cleaning lady in a small Australian scientific laboratory. No one from the lab remembers her as the junior technician who worked there years ago, and no one knows she is on a secret mission to discover a cure for her autistic child. The only one who knows the full story is Owen, and he's not telling anyone because there's no honour in spying. Besides, he wants to keep Eva to himself. Owen is a recluse, a mute whose mother has died leaving him an income to live off and one unshakeable truth: that the world is a pitiable thing. But the day he saw Eva at the hospital was the day his life changed forever "The Secret Cure" is a profoundly moving novel which explores new ways of what it means to be human, to be normal, to be honourable, and above all what it means to love.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret Cure, the
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330421247
• ISBN 13: 9780330421249
• Binding: Secondhand, Paperback
• Book Type: Secondhand, Paperback

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Synopsis

[From Inside Jacket]
This is the story of Eva, the cleaning lady in a small Australian scientific laboratory. No one from the lab remembers her from the junior technician who worked there years ago, and know one knows she is on a secret mission to discover a cure for her autistic child.
The only one who knows the full story is reclusive Owen, and he's not telling anyone because he knows there's no honour in spying.
But the day he saw Eva at the hospital was the day his life changed forever...

The Secret Cure is a profoundly moving novel which explores new ways of what it means to be human, to be normal, to be honourable, to discover, and above all what it means to love.