Kitty Canham: Love, Loss and Necessary Lies

This is a fictional story woven around real life events that took place on the North Essex coast. It is 1739. A woman had to be strong to make her way amid the conventions of the age. When the withheld truths that uphold those conventions begin to unravel around Kitty, she finds herself alienated from all she knows and loves. Through an unexpected invitation she visits London society. There she becomes the keeper of a secret, which leads her into a deception of her own. With few options Kitty determines to live a conventional life, but when tragedy strikes, misunderstandings follow and her life unravels once more. All the while she keeps her secret close, but the time will come when she can keep it no longer.