• The Secret Daughter

  • A Beautiful Novel of Adoption, Heartbreak and a Mother's Love
  • By: Kelly Rimmer
  • Narrated by: Vanessa Coffey
  • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (911 ratings)

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The Secret Daughter

By: Kelly Rimmer
Narrated by: Vanessa Coffey
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Publisher's summary

As I saw my newborn baby’s face for the first time, I tried desperately to capture her face in my mind - to stamp it onto my eyelids. As she was taken from me, I knew I might never see my daughter again.

Thirty-seven years later... 'You were adopted'. Three short words and Sabina’s life fractures. There would forever be a before those words and an after.

Pregnant with her own child, Sabina can’t understand how a mother could abandon her daughter or why her parents have kept the past a secret. Determined to find the woman who gave her away, what she discovers will change everything, not just for Sabina but for the women who have loved her all these years.

From the best-selling author of Me Without You comes another touching, beautifully told story about the pain of separation and the enduring strength of love.

©2015 Kelly Rimmer (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

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Eye-Opening

This is based on the factual situation of forced adoptions - it is heart-breaking and illuminating.

Sabina learns in her 30s, when expecting her first child, that she was adopted at birth. The book traces the experiences of her birth mother and her adoptive mother, and is told in rotating chapters by all three women. Well done and absorbing.

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Great book!!

This is my 3rd book by Ms. Rimmer and honestly, it keeps getting better. She describes emotions really really well. It’s impressive. And i feel pulled in and can see all points of view. I’m so impressed with her.

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Loved this book!

This book is well written and was hard to put down! I highly recommend it.

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Wonderful story

I enjoyed this book. As an adoptee myself, I related to it on a personal level. Vanessa is a good narrator. It might’ve been effective to have different ones like in another story I enjoyed by Kelly Rimmer, since each chapter switches from one character to another. I look forward to picking out another one soon.

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A spectacular story that did happen!

A wonderful account of the joys and heartbreak of parenting a child that two families lived through. Forced adoption in Australia and probably all over the world.

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Great story

It kept my interest to the end.. To have to be in that situation is real hard.. but those were the times

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Great story and excellent narration

I loved the way the story was told by each of the three women involved.

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Great Story

Very good story about a painful time in history. It takes place in Australia but that is not the only place such things happened. Good character development. Good story. I've listened every available minute since I started the book.

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Raw and real

This book depicts emotions in a refreshing new way.
Perspective is not often disguised in such raw form.

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Amazing

Loved the story, narrators and the easy flow of listening. Will definitely read more from this author.

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