SuitabookBelief, truth and change
Glennis believes her father is innocent until he tells her he is guilty, forcing her to reconsider both him and her hopes for the family.
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Patricia Calvert - Author
This is a reflective family story about a child adjusting to a parent’s imprisonment, a confession that changes her understanding, and relatives whose lives have moved on. Its central interest is emotional change rather than action, with forgiveness presented as part of Glennis’s eventual development.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a reflective family story about a child adjusting to a parent’s imprisonment, a confession that changes her understanding, and relatives whose lives have moved on. Its central interest is emotional change rather than action, with forgiveness presented as part of Glennis’s eventual development.
Glennis believes her father is innocent until he tells her he is guilty, forcing her to reconsider both him and her hopes for the family.
Glennis tries projects intended to reconnect or support relatives, then recognises that her family will not return to its previous form.
Some readers may need support with imprisonment, fraud, family separation, a mother recovering from what the story calls a nervous breakdown, anger, and a public confession. The emotional effect and detail of these elements may vary across the book.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.