A Time To Remember - Hardcover

Jacobs, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444831739 ISBN 13: 9781444831733

Publisher: Charnwood

Synopsis

1945 - the war in Europe is over. Most women can't wait for their men to return, but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire, Judith Crossley fears having her husband back in the house. He'd grown into a bully and a drunkard, and on the occasions he'd come home from leave, he'd hit her. He wasn't a good father either - when their eldest daughter Kitty won a prestigious scholarship to the private girls' grammar school, Doug had tried to stop her going, saying it would turn her into a snob. Luckily Judith had help from an unlikely ally - Maynard Esher, from an old aristocratic family on the other side of town - but Judith knows that when her husband returns, she'll be blamed for letting Kitty take up her school place. She decides that for the children's sake, she must leave her husband. But with the house rented in his name, and other accommodation scarce, where on earth can they go? Alice Bretherton is returning from being a Land Girl in Wiltshire. Her great-aunt has left her a house bordering the park in Rivenshaw, but it was partly bombed and is in a poor condition. Still, she decides to camp out in it, if it's at all habitable, because she has nowhere else to go. However, when she arrives, she finds a displaced Polish man is already living there ...

About this title

About the Author

Anna Jacobs grew up in Lancashire and emigrated to Australia, but still visits the UK regularly to see her family and do research, something she loves. She is addicted to writing and figures she'll have to live to be 120 at least to tell all the stories that keep popping up in her imagination and nagging her to write them down. She's also addicted to her own hero, to whom she's been happily married for many years. She is the bestselling author of over sixty novels and has been shortlisted for several awards. Pride of Lancashire won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year Award in 2006, and The Trader's Wife was shortlisted for the 2012 award.

Review

This is that rare thing, a pacy page-turner with a ripping plot and characters you care about ... [Anna Jacobs is] especially big on resourceful, admirable women. Great stuff! Daily Mail on THE TRADER'S GIFT 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Charnwood
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444831739
• ISBN 13: 9781444831733
• Binding: Hardcover