Secret Whispers

About the Book

George Morgan is a boy in his early teens who lives in the West Country. He attends a fairly large private boys’ school where, on one particular summer’s, day, he meets the new school caretaker – a man who changes his whole way of living. George and his family are to be staying with an elderly aunt who lives by the Welsh coast – a secluded place but one that is always full of excitement. The cottage and coastal area in this village belong to his aunt, but he is soon to uncover secrets that have been lost for many years. His life soon changes, and he meets people from the past that he didn’t even know existed. He then begins to realise that the things around him are not as they once seemed to be. He uncovers relics which form pictures in his mind as to the future. Then, due to the sudden death of his aunt, his lifestyle is completely changed and he is guided by the family nanny, Pearl, through the past to the present. This journey shows him what is awaiting him in the future.

About the Author

Jacqueline Hyde is a sixty-three-year-old widowed housewife with one grown-up daughter living in Westward Ho!, Devon – made famous by the author Charles Kingsley. Gloucester was her first home for a number of years before she moved to Kent and now Devon. It was in Gloucester that she first met her husband over forty-six years ago. Following a riding accident when she was eighteen, Jacqueline developed grand mal epilepsy, which she still suffers from and which subsequently forced her to stop working as a nurse/carer – a career she loved and enjoyed. About sixteen years ago, she developed breast cancer and endured much necessary surgery and reconstruction work essential to overcome this illness. As a result of her enduring epilepsy, she is unable to do and enjoy many everyday things other people take for granted. Because of this, she found herself with time on her hands and took to writing as a form of release and self-expression. In writing, she feels her thoughts, dreams, and inner feelings being expressed by way of the written word. ‘When I write,’ she says, ‘I can escape from the mundane and lose myself within my books, which I find comforting, enjoyable, and therapeutic.’