by Glenice Crossland (Author)
When seventeen-year-old Mary O'Connor collapses one Sunday in church, she is taken to live with Dr Roberts and his wife in a beautiful Yorkshire village for her health. Though initially employed as a maid, Mary soon becomes the daughter the couple were never able to have. With Britain at war, unable to remain idle, Mary finds employment in the local steel works but when her fiance Tom Downing is killed in action Mary is convinced it is retribution for their night of sin during Tom's Christmas leave. However, Mary grows to love Jack Holmes, a local miner. They marry and move into a humble terrace house with little but their love to keep them going. As the years pass, Mary is determined to achieve success for herself and her family. She sets up her own dressmaking business and it seems as if she has finally found peace of mind. But the business starts to dominate her life until tragedy once more threatens to destroy all she holds dear...
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Edition: Library Ed
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Published: 02 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 0434017795
ISBN 13: 9780434017799
Book Overview: A poignant and mesmerizing story of tragedy and triumph from the author of The Stanford Lasses