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Lesley Pearse's own tragic tale: She grew up in an orphanage, adopted her son for adoption, survived two marriages, and bankruptcy, but now she sells a book every four minutes
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March 14, 2024
Aspiring novelists are usually advised to 'write what you know'. Lesley Pearse (left) sat down to write her first book, but she wasn't worried about how much of her tumultuous life tale she should leave out. By the time she was in her early 20s, she had witnessed the death of her mother, life in an orphanage, a violent teen pregnancy, an unplanned teenage pregnancy, a divorced husband, and a hoodlum. Two more marriages and bankruptcy were supposed to follow before her triumphant reinvention as a best-selling author - amazingly, a Lesley Pearse book now sells every four minutes in the United Kingdom. Pearse (middle) with her father, stepmother Michael, brother Michael, and stepsister Selina in 1951. Bottom right: With brother Michael