The Loner

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The powerful new bestseller from Josephine Cox - the nation's favourite storyteller. Home is where the heart is - but it's also where the pain lies. Young Davie Adams is all alone. Devastated he flees his hometown of Blackburn to escape the memories of the worst night of his life. With little more than the shirt on his back he sets off on a lonely friendless road determined to find his father. Two people are stricken by his departure - Judy his childhood friend who is desperate to reveal a secret she has kept close to her heart for so long and Joseph his grandfather who is racked with guilt about that fateful night. Exhausted and afraid Davie finds friendship and a place to stay but when fate deals him another disastrous blow he must decide whether to keep running or return to face his demons.