Tracey Harries lives in the South Wales Valleys, where she has worked as a qualified social worker and manager for the past twenty-five years, both within statutory child protection services and currently for the Welsh Government, providing independent expert advice to the family courts. Despite their devotion to one another, nothing can prevent the terrible unravelling that is about to take place. Over the course of twenty-five years, the lives of Tara and Alison become cruelly enmeshed by events beyond their control. But when their paths cross, a special bond is formed. Neither Tara nor Alison have ever enjoyed an enduring female friendship before. As a means of escape, Alison moves to live with her beloved Aunt Clem in rural West Wales and finds an unexpected purpose to her life. Alison is a beautiful but fragile young woman, a gifted musician who is haunted by her parents’ toxic and destructive relationship. Proud and fiercely independent, she approaches life without fear, bolstered by a secure and loving relationship with her family. Tara is a headstrong pragmatist, a single mother raised in the South Wales Valleys and of Irish lineage. In the Autumn of 1991, a group of young social work students meet at university in Cardiff, each filled with positivity and ambition. With a backdrop of widespread sexual abuse in Cleveland, Rochdale and Orkney, public perception of social workers is deeply cynical and the profession is already defined by negative media reporting.
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