Bad Boy Jack

Bad Boy Jack

by JosephineCox (Author)

Synopsis

Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons them to others, until he has a change of heart and decides to go back for them. But on the way there, he is involved in a horrific accident. Jack and Nancy are placed in the brutal regime of the Galloway Children's Home, where Jack's devotion to his sister and fiery temper land him in more trouble. The children find themselves at the mercy of the corrupt Clive Ennington, who splits them up and sells Nancy off to the highest bidder. Meanwhile Mary, Robert's only love, is forced to seek a new life for herself. She decides to marry Paul Marshall, the handsome owner of a seaside guesthouse but her chance of happiness is threatened by his embittered aunt. As Robert recovers in hospital he is determined to find and reunite his family. But when he realises the terrible consequences of his actions, he begins to wonder if he will ever see Mary and the children again.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Headline
Published: 17 Feb 2003

ISBN 10: 0747266409
ISBN 13: 9780747266402
Book Overview: The thrilling story of a man who must battle against the odds to reunite the family he has split asunder

Media Reviews
Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons them to others; changes his mind; but is then involved in a horrific accident. So Jack and Nancy are placed in a brutally run home. Later they are split up whilst Robert's only love Mary is forced to marry someone else and Robert despairs of ever seeing her and his children again.
Author Bio
Josephine Cox was born in a cotton-mill house in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching - and started to write her first full-length novel. Her strong, gritty stories are taken from the tapestry of life.