Product Description

Marion Selmann has just graduated from McGill University, as a Doctor of psychology. She now faces major decisions. To live in Montreal the city she loves or Los Angeles and close to her Mother and where she grew up. An unexpected proposal of marriage further complicates her life, along with a passionate love affair.

Marion has also made the shocking discovery of just whom her father is. She must now reconcile her life in spite of lies, and betrayals, from those she thought had loved her the most, and accept a past that was not as it seemed.

She struggles with her determination to help her patients, while at the same time she must try to balance her own needs with those of her loved ones. This book is a sequel to Memories of a Forgotten Past, and is a continuation of the lives and people in that book.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3251155 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 186 pages

About the Author
Anne Lebrecht is a published author of novels, short stories and poetry. She resides with her husband on Balboa Island, California. She has two married daughters and two grandchildren.

Retired in 1985 from a position as Vice President and CFO of a large corporation she took up writing as a hobby then as a full time occupation.

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Customer Reviews

Beautiful!
Discoveries of a Hidden Past is a beautifully written story about choices, about relationships, and about family secrets. Having earned her degree in clinical psychology, Marion Selmann finds herself at a crossroads in life-- Should she set up her practice in Montreal, the city she has grown to love, or return to California in order to be near her family, whom she adores? On the heels of her decision to remain in Montreal, Marion receives an offer of marriage from her long-time lover, Jonathan. As she begins her journey into matrimony, and then motherhood, Marion is faced with more decisions as she explores her beliefs on religion, fidelity, and the task of balancing her high-stress career with her role as a wife and mother. When a family secret is revealed, Marion must also come to terms with the hidden truth about her parentage, and how decisions made long ago have impacted her life and made her the woman she has become. In this fictional character, Anne Lebrecht takes a look at the real-life choices every woman must make, and offers her readers touching insights into the complex inner workings of human relationships. I enjoyed this book very much!

From my favorite Author, Anne Lebrecht.
"Discoveries Of a Hidden Past" The second novel by Anne Lebrecht
will surprise you with the debth the author has achieved in her characters. Mystery about her father, keeps you intrigued while you explore some deep discussions about contemporary lives.
Marion Selman is the daughter of janet Selman from the author's first book "Memories of a Forgatten Past." Marion has graduated University and is now a psychologist faced with some major decisions. An unexpecetd proposal of marriage that confuses her along with a love of one city, Montreal with her desire to please her mother in Los Angeles.
The discovery of who her father is, reveal to her the fact that she has been betrayed by those she thought had loved her.
She search for a faith in herself and for her patients in order to heal them as well as discover herself.
I was unable to put this book down from the very first page. I felt deeply for her anguish at times and was intrigued by the religious and moral discussions. Once read this book will linger on your mind and in your thoughts for a long time. I suggest you read this one and the author's other book. I already look forwards to the next one!

Pierrette Lili Camps author of "Le Cafe'de Cadix"