A Mother's Courage

A Mother's Courage

by Dilly Court (Author)

Synopsis

When Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, the rent overdue and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help. She sets off on the long and arduous journey to Yorkshire, but is met with hostility and soon realises she has little choice but to return to London. Virtually destitute and desperate, Eloise is faced with her worst nightmare: she must either go to the workhouse, or abandon her children at the Foundling Hospital. But she is determined to keep them safe and under her protective wing at all costs...

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Publisher: Century
Published: 01 Nov 2007

ISBN 10: 1846053331
ISBN 13: 9781846053337
Book Overview: The captivating new saga set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century London by the author of The Best of Sisters

Author Bio
Dilly Court grew up in North East London and began her career in television, writing scripts for commercials. She is married with two grown-up children and three grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband and a large, yellow Labrador called Archie. She is also the author of Mermaids Singing, The Dollmaker's Daughters, Tilly True, The Best of Sisters and The Cockney Sparrow.