The Good Provider: Book One (The Nicholson Quartet)

The Good Provider: Book One (The Nicholson Quartet)

by JessicaStirling (Author)

Synopsis

Kirsty, an 'orphan brat' escapes from the remote Ayrshire farm where she was a servant and runs away with her sweetheart, Craig Nelson. With little money and still strangers to each other, they travel to Glasgow and set up in a 'marriage' that is never made legal. Ambitious and impatient to get on, Craig falls in with a gang of sly and vicious thieves and soon sinks into a life of drink and crime. Meanwhile, Kirsty has met the handsome and charming David Lockhart, a medical missionary soon to return to China. But she is bound by loyalty to Craig, a less than ideal husband who can only bring her hardship and heartbreak ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 01 Jun 2000

ISBN 10: 0340766336
ISBN 13: 9780340766330
Book Overview: The first in an exciting trilogy set in Glasgow at the turn of the century.

Media Reviews
Jessica Stirling's high reputation is well deserved * Manchester Evening News *
She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes. * Glasgow Herald *
A powerful story. * My Weekly *
Powerful Victorian drama * My Weekly *
Author Bio
Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since The Spoiled Earth was published in 1974.