The River Folk - Hardcover

Dickinson, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754016145 ISBN 13: 9780754016144

Publisher: Chivers Press Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

For twelve-year-old Mary Ann Clark life has always been tough. The pretty daughter of a wife-beating drunk, it is no surprise that she has grown up afraid of her own shadow. That is until 'Battling Bessie Ruddick' takes the young girl under her wing and into the heart of her bustling family. Growing into attractive young woman, Mary Ann yearns to be loved and when her affection for Bessie's son, Dan, is finally returned she becomes a skipper's wife. But the arduous life aboard ship is clearly not for her and only the arrival of a daughter, Lizzie, seems to hold the marriage together. Yet, tragically, the family is torn apart when Mary Ann is seduced by the promise of a happier life. Although bewildered by her mother's disappearance, it is now up to Lizzie to help her father. For she, unlike Mary Ann, has inherited Dan's love of the river. But then, disturbingly, her life starts to follow the same pattern as her mother's...The strength and resilience of her characters shine through in Margaret Dickinson's new Lincolnshire saga, a richly absorbing tale of the lives and loves of the river folk.

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About the Author

Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. This was followed by thirteen further titles, including Plough the Furrow, Sow the Seed and Reap the Harvest which make up her Lincolnshire Fleethaven trilogy and her most recent novels, The Fisher Lass and The Tulip Girl... Married with two grown-up daughters, Margaret Dickinson combines a busy working life with her writing career.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chivers Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0754016145
• ISBN 13: 9780754016144
• Binding: Hardcover