Our Lizzie (CH) - Hardcover
Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit. At twelve she loses her father, and her happy family life ends as her mother grows to resent her. Then circumstances push Lizzie into an early marriage, where she finds her mother's petty cruelties replaced by her husband's frequent beatings. But she is a survivor. When World War I breaks out, Lizzie's husband is forced to join up and she seizes the opportunity to run away. She finds independence and friendship in a munitions factory - plus the promise of a new love. But as war ends, the shadow of her husband looms again. Can she break free of him and find happiness?
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About the Author:
Anna Jacobs grew up in Lancashire and emigrated to Australia in 1973, but loves to return to England regularly to visit her family and soak up the history. She has two grown-up daughters and now lives with her husband in a spacious waterfront home. Often as she writes, dolphins frolic outside the window of her study. Inside, the house is crammed with thousands of books. Anna Jacobs has also written a series of novels set in Lancashire about the Gibson family, which are available as Coronet paperbacks..
Review:
Once again you have given us a story that has me hooked from the first page to the last. The characters are so alive that I am loath to call them characters, they are people - so real that you almost feel for them * Reader from Scotland on OUR MARY ANN * Another cracking read with a vivid insight into family relationships * Coventry Evening Telegraph on OUR EVA * An exciting book of immensely brilliant character portrayal and a great storyline * Bangor Chronicle on OUR EVA * Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around. * Historical Novels Review * Praise for Anna Jacobs: 'Catherine Cookson fans will cheer!' * Peterborough Evening Telegraph * It grabs you on page one. It twists and turns and not like you imagine it would. A fantastic read. ***** * Reader review * Fabulous book, just as I expected. ***** * Reader review * Great story, can't put it down ***** * Reader review * Reader reviews on OUR LIZZIE [Anna Jacobs is] especially big on resourceful, admirable women. Great stuff! * Daily Mail * Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around * Historical Novels Review * [Anna Jacobs' books have an] impressive grasp of human emotions * The Sunday Times * Praise for Anna Jacobs * - *
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- PublisherCharnwood
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0708992013
- ISBN 13 9780708992012
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages584
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