Hothouse flower, p.51
Hothouse Flower, page 51
In England, the fantastic Jacquelyn Heslop and Sue Grix, and Pat Pitt, my typist. Jonathan Walpole, whose house helped inspire Wharton Park. The late Jack Farrow, a Sergeant in the 5th Royal Norfolks, whose moving and descriptive diary of life as a POW in Changi helped me to create an accurate picture of the suffering our brave boys were subjected to.
My mother, Janet, my sister, Georgia, and Olivia, my step-daughter, who over the years have all encouraged me to keep going. Stephen, my husband, who has taught me so much about life; without his love and support, I would not have written this book. And my children: Harry, who helped me type in edits with such, er … grace, Isabella, whose zest for life always cheers me up, Leonora, my sensitive, artistic ‘mini-me’, and Kit, my chocolate and Stoke City obsessed ‘baby’. They are used to a blank stare when they interrupt me to ask me a question and I am so very proud of them all.
And finally, my late father, whose wanderlust and genuine interest in the world and the people in it, I have gratefully inherited.
Lucinda Riley, Hothouse Flower
