THE TRUTH ABOUT MELODY BROWNE

When she was nine years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took with it all her memories- Melody can remember nothing before her ninth birthday.

Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in a small flat in London with her teenage son. She hasn't seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn't mind. She's made a good life for herself and her son and likes it that way.

Until something extraordinary happens. Whilst attending a hypnotist show with her first date in years she faints- and when she comes round she starts to remember. At first her memories mean nothing to her but then slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the story of her childhood. Her journey takes her to the seaside town of Broadstairs, to oddly familiar houses in London backstreets, and meetings with strangers who love her like their own. But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she asks another appears. And Melody begins to wonder if she'll ever know the truth about her past...