{"product_id":"the-girl-behind-the-gates-the-gripping-heartbreaking-historical-bestseller-based-on-a-true-story","title":"The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heartbreaking historical bestseller based on a true story","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Wow! What a heartbreaking, breathtaking true story... oh my heart... Read it with tissues but an open heart'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I'm not sure how many times I had to set this book down because my crying eyes were useless for reading, but it was a lot... Ten very emotional stars! All the stars!'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'There are no words! I had a hard time putting this book down. I am blown away by this true story... Soooooooo wonderful!'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e1939.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Seventeen-year-old \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNora Jennings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has spent her life secure in the certainty of a bright, happy future - until one night of passion has more catastrophic consequences than she ever could have anticipated. Labelled a moral defective and sectioned under the Mental Deficiency Act, she is forced to endure years of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who are supposed to care for her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e1981.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e When psychiatrist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJanet Humphreys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comes across Nora, heavily institutionalised and still living in the hospital more than forty years after her incarceration, she knows that she must be the one to help Nora rediscover what it is to live. But as she works to help Nora overcome her past, Janet realises she must finally face her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBased on a true story, this is a powerful novel of the strength of the human spirit, that will stay with you long after you turn the final page. Perfect for fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Girl in the Letter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePhilomena\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReaders love \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Girl Behind The Gates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI have never been so emotionally touched by a book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e before and Nora you will stay in my heart long after finishing this story' Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWow is all I can say\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This book is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etearjerker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for sure. To know that it is based on a true story is even more heartbreaking... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is a beautiful story of healing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... The characters are wonderful' Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     'It's been a very long time since I read a book that I couldn't put down. This was that book... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI was hooked from the off\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... Would I recommend this book? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA hundred times over\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA heartbreakingly emotional story with characters that grip you all through this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. I really felt for Nora and her life... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrilliant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     'Beautifully and emotionally written it engages you from beginning to end. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is one if the best books I have read\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe book everyone must read. It will stay with you forever\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis book was SO good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... This was a beautiful, heartwarming story of a woman who was once lost, but found again' Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     'What an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eamazing story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e based in truth. I can't believe things like this actually happened. This is the incredible story of how a woman overcame the most astonishing obstacles' Reader review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Girl Behind The Gates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     'Compelling. Poignant... Heart wrenching. Just beautiful. Everyone needs to read this wonderful book' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRenita D'Silva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     'A haunting, heart-wrenching but ultimately heart-warming novel' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGill Thompson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n     'A powerful, emotional novel. 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