When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with an Anglo-Indian officer, she knows he will never marry her. When he is reported killed in action, Belinda discovers she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin she accepts an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, keeping the secret of her child's birth forever. Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter Cassy, to a foster mother, Biddy Henchard. When Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy, left destitute, hopes to find the mother she so longs for...
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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 four 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, The Cockney Sparrow, A Mother's Courage, The Constant Heart, A Mother's Promise, The Cockney Angel, A Mother's Wish and The Ragged Heiress. To find out more about Dilly Court visit her website at www.dillycourt.com
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