02107cam a2200373 i 4500 546567119 TxAuBib 20220119120000.0 201223t20212020||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982169336 paperback 1982169338 paperback (OCoLC)1196321429 TxAuBib rda Johnson, Jane, 1960- The sea gate / Jane Johnson. Simon & Schuster Canada export edition. Toronto : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2021. ℗2020. 410 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "One house, two women, a lifetime of secrets... Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the sad task of sorting through her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds an envelope post-marked from Cornwall. In it is a letter that will change her life forever. A desperate plea from her mother's elderly cousin, Olivia, to help save her beloved home. Becky arrives at Chynalls to find the beautiful old house crumbling into the ground, and Olivia stuck in hospital with no hope of being discharged until her home is made habitable. Though daunted by the enormity of the task, Becky sets to work. But as she peels back the layers of paint, plaster and grime, she uncovers secrets buried for more than seventy years. Secrets from a time when Olivia was young, the Second World War was raging, and danger and romance lurked round every corner..."--Provided by publisher. 20220119. Women Fiction. Mothers Death Fiction. Families England Cornwall (County) Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Dwellings Conservation and restoration Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Cornwall (England : County) Fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction.