The Daughter’s Secret is Eva’s first novel.
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Can you tell us a little bit about your debut novel The Daughter's Secret?
Thank you very much, Sharon, for inviting The Daughter’s Secret and me into your book boudoir!
The Daughter’s Secret is a psychological thriller that follows eleven days in the life of Rosalind Simm. Rosalind lived a normal life with her husband and two children until her fifteen-year-old daughter’s shocking disappearance with teacher Nathan Temperley propelled the family into the public eye. Six years later, Rosalind discovers that Temperley is about to be released from prison. As she grapples with the shadow his early release casts over her family, Rosalind must face the way the events of the past have shaped their lives.
There have been several highly publicised cases of teacher/pupil relationships in the past, did you research any of these to try and get an insight as to how these relationships develop?
I did do research into pupil/teacher relationships and was shocked by how frequently they are reported in newspapers. I was interested in understanding how the pupils involved are affected over time, as they became adults and developed adult perspectives on their teenage experiences. Some of the accounts I read made for very sad reading and confirmed my feeling that it is never acceptable for a teacher to abuse the trust placed in him or her in this way.
