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|title=Survivor

|author=Lesley Pearse

|reviewer=Tanja Jennings

|publisher=Penguin

|date=July 2014

|website=http://www.lesleypearse.com/

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|summary=Real, raw and evocative adventurous wartime saga if a little unbelievable in some respects.

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Lesley Pearse is an author who demands compulsive reading as her strong female protagonists suffer and survive by overcoming overwhelming odds. She has a talent for drawing you into her novels as she crafts her characters’ amazing, at times horrific, and continually perilous journeys. There is a strong sense of place about her books which are meticulously researched and rich with period detail and propel readers on a dizzying odyssey through history. She is frank about the problems and pain that ill-judged sexual acts can cause but balances this with the joy and pure passion that is inherent in true love. Her characters are not perfect stereotypes. They are often flawed and must find an inner strength to grow and develop as loyal and caring human beings.

If ''Survivor'' appeals why not pre-empt it with an emotional, harrowing rollercoaster read hurtling from the streets of the slum ridden corrupt Seven Dials to Paris and New Orleans where fresh horrors await an innocent girl. Experience [[Belle by Lesley Pearse|Belle]] then follow her to mud logged rat plagued trenches in [[The Promise by Lesley Pearse|the Promise]]. If your passion is period driven drama full of love, loss, suffering and adventure you could also lose yourself in [[Gypsy by Lesley Pearse|Gypsy]]. For something totally different but still in the realms of historical fiction and about resourceful women try [[The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters by Michelle Lovric]] set during the potato famine in Ireland or travel to 1942 Lubeck in [[After the Bombing by Clare Morrall]].

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