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The Stranger In My Home: I thought she was my daughter. I was wrong. Paperback – 11 April 2017

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What would YOU do if your child wasn't yours?

Utterly compelling, Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks's new contemporary novel THE STRANGER IN MY HOME, is sure to move, grip and delight her fans, along with readers of Liane Moriarty, Jane Shemilt and Lisa Jewell.

Alison is lucky and she knows it. She has the life she always craved, including a happy home with Jeff and their brilliant, vivacious teenage daughter, Katherine - the absolute centre of Alison's world.

Then a knock at the door ends life as they know it.

Fifteen years ago, someone else took Alison's baby from the hospital. And now Alison is facing the unthinkable.

The daughter she brought home doesn't belong to her.

When you have everything you dreamed of, there is everything to lose.

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ASIN : 1472205529
Publisher : Headline Review; 1st edition (11 April 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 480 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781472205520
ISBN-13 : 978-1472205520
Dimensions : 12.9 x 3 x 19.7 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 235,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 6,263 in Psychological Fiction (Books)
- 6,882 in Women's Fiction About Domestic Life
- 9,737 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)

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Gripping, twisty and heartbreaking, this standout story is a triumph -- Isabelle Broom, Heat

Adele Parks does it again. She's already proved she can write a sparkling rom com, a moving love story and a lovingly researched historical novel, now she's taken on the domestic thriller genre and nailed it. Tightly plotted, brilliantly conceived and totally gripping

-- Lisa Jewell

Filled with drama, riddled with deceit, The Stranger In My Home is another wonderfully tragic and atmospheric story about the complexities of morals and issues and with such an unexpected ending that will leave the reader gasping in shock ― Handwritten Girl

Twisty, unputdownable and utterly engrossing -- Jenny Colgan

Gripped from the very first line, this rollercoaster read is undoubtedly Adele Parks's best novel yet ― Bella Magazine

You MUST discover this absolute gem of a novel for yourself... It had me truly gripped from start to finish ― The Welsh Librarian

A slow burning story that speeds up halfway through, its pace mirrors Alison's psyche as it unravels, holding the reader in suspense before packing a final punch. Unpredictable and gripping until the end ― The Lady

The plot twists and turns...and the reader is left frantic to know how it's going to work out ― Woman

The secrets, lies and suspense kept me engrossed ― Daily Mail

A wonderful exploration of love -- Katie Fforde

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Sweet, sharp and simply unforgettable - Lisa Jewell

A must-read. Romantic, yet truthful, this is a moving love story with unforgettable characters - Jenny Colgan

A heart-warming, heartbreaking tale of love and loss, with an ending that will knock you off your feet. This is Adele Parks at the top of her game - Mike Gayle

Utterly engrossing and beautifully written - Freya North

A fairy tale with bite. Sparkly, compelling and - ultimately unexpected - Jane Fallon

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Miss Shezza

slow to start but an enjoyable read!

Reviewed in Australia on 22 June 2017

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I enjoyed this book, despite a slow start. There were lots of twists and turns , which held my interest - I recommend!!

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Nancy

Stranger in my home

Reviewed in Australia on 13 January 2018

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Great start midway through it slowed a little but you wouldn’t expect what happened towards the end- a great surprise

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Jools

Boring, tedious and so many holes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2017

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I have read Adele Parks novels since my 20's so thought it was a safe bet this book would be good....how wrong. This book is so boring with lots of flaws but all tied up into a happyish ending. I'm not sure if the author had a dare with one of her mates that she could slip the words "an entire menagerie" into one of her books but the use of this sentence was the laugh out loud moment for me and the confirmation that I will never read another novel by Ms Parks again. I also agree with another reviewer in that it seems to have been written with a film deal in mind.
Onto the book...we follow Alison, Jeff and their daughter Katherine in their too perfect life. One day some man turns up and tells them they have been raising his daughter due to a baby swap 15 years earlier. Alison seems resigned to this and then allows this stranger to dictate her life. Throw in a mutated gene, a 'dead' wife and the strange man's other kids, not to mention Alison's back story which doesn't lead anywhere and that's pretty much it. As for the 'twist'...well I guessed it early on but was hoping to be proved wrong as it is infact glaringly obvious...clue:the strange man is surprisingly not what he seems. The characters are unlikeable and forgettable and the ending is horrendous...the story is slow to develop..70% on the Kindle before anything actually happens..I skimmed loads in the hope the story would improve..it didn't. Don't waste your time or money on this book and perhaps Adele should stick to chick lit.

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Penny

Total Rubbish Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2018

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This has to be the worst book I've ever read in my entire life. The so called plot was absolutely ridiculous. It just didn't make sense and the contradictions came one after the other. Unfortunately I had to read it to the end because I thought there must be some sense to this book somewhere, surely, but there was none. And the constant going back 20 odd years made little sense. I just struggled and struggled with it. I just wonder how the author made up such rubbish. Because of all the nonsense I had to keep going back thinking it was me getting it wrong, but it wasn't. I actually binned it because I couldn't possibly give it to the doctors surgery for someone else to wonder what the heck it was all about.

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NotTreadingGrapes

Save your money.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2020

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What a load of tosh.
I got to 30% on the Kindle and decided life is too short.
The characters are deeply unpleasant, and when one of them is the first person narrator, who spends chapters and chapters naval gazing and whining, you know it's going to be hard to finish. It almost reads like a turgid Mumsnet Mummy blog at times.
I don't care what happened to the characters, and I'll never read anything by this author again.

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SCopeland

Turgid, improbable tosh

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 December 2020

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Turgid tosh with a dreadful principal character. Alison spends much of the book whining about how the fates will intervene to snatch any good fortune from her life. Deeply implausible plot and predictable if daft behaviour from Alison including following the instruction to "come alone and tell no-one", idiot. Of course, in the ending, she manages to overcome the, very strong, baddy in a fist fight.
I confess to having skim read much of this to get to the end and that was a trial. Save your money.

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robbiefan

An excellent read overall

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2018

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This is the first of Parks' novels I have read and thoroughly enjoyed it. Most aspects of the plot and characterisation were plausible and convincing and the pace was good. My only criticism was the narrator's lack of interest in her biological daughter; it was not until the later stages of the novel that Alison showed any sense of concern about Olivia. For me, it is difficult to believe that the narrator would not be more troubled by the fact that her biological daughter is being raised within another family. However, other than this, I really enjoyed this novel and will now read others by Parks.

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