Mother Faker by Anna Brook-Mitchell True Crime A Great Act of Love

A Great Act of Love is an immensely beautiful and heartrending saga of a father and daughter

In a fit of childish jealousy over her new handmaiden's ladylike bound feet and talent for embroidery

their beloved godfather is executed in their garden by the SS

even death himself - so graduating high school should be a breeze

the Comte learns that a holiday is as good as a change

Mother Faker by Anna Brook-Mitchell True Crime A Great Act of LovePaperback Rebel in a smock dress Barri Brown has spent years slaving away as an English teacher in Guernsey, covering for colleagues with kids and barely tolerating the unhygienic staffroom etiquette. With a distant family and a husband who has just vanished along with her life savings, Barri dreams of escape. Her wild plan? Pretend she's having a baby and use the paid year off work to start over somewhere new. And so Barri tells the school she's