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Annie's Promise

Annie's Promise

by Margaret Graham (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $4.18
Synopsis

A compelling and moving novel of life in war-torn 1950s Northumberland and London. In the mid-1950s, Britain looks forward to a prosperous future. And Annie Manon has come home to the North-east to keep a promise. Annie is eager to start a new life for her family, and with her fledgling fashion business, she looks forward to providing work for the women of Wassingham. But not everything is rosy. As well as her painful wartime memories, Annie must cope with an accident that cripples her husband and she must deal with the increasingly unreasonable behaviour of their daughter Sarah. When Sarah leaves home for London, Annie is torn between love for her only child and the need to keep her promise to her community...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 05 Dec 2013
ISBN 10: 0099585804
ISBN 13: 9780099585800
Book Overview: A compelling and moving novel of life in war-torn 1950s Northumberland and London.

Media Reviews
Margaret Graham offers her readers a gripping and realistic slice of life during a vibrant and transitional period. If you like well-written and gritty sagas, you will enjoy this. * Historical Novels Review *
Author Bio
Margaret Graham has been writing for thirty years. Her first novel was published in 1986 and she is now working on her sixteenth. As a bestselling author her novels have been published in the UK, Europe and the USA. Margaret has written two plays, co-researched a television documentary - which grew out of Canopy of Silence - and numerous short stories and features. She is Contributing Editor for Frost Magazine, and is also a writing tutor and speaker. She founded the Yeovil Literary Prize and now that she lives in High Wycombe she has launched and runs the charity Words for the Wounded. WforW raises funds for the recovery of wounded troops by donations, LitFests and the Independent Author Book Award writing prize. She has `he who must be disobeyed', four children and three grand-children who think OAP stands for Old Ancient Person. They have yet to understand the politics of pocket money. Margaret is a member of the WI, her local U3A. She does Tai Chi, and eats too much. For more information about Margaret Graham, visit her website at www.margaret-graham.com and www.wordsforthewounded.co.uk