A Loving Family - Hardcover

Court, Dilly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780890605 ISBN 13: 9781780890609

Publisher: Century, 2013

Synopsis

She longed to be reunited with her family. The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Workhouse Girl.

Stella Barry is forced into service as a kitchen maid when her father dies at sea and the family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister in the slums of London's docklands, Stella goes to a big country house outside London. A year later, having not seen them in all that time, Stella walks to London with a cake for her mother for mothering Sunday. But she discovers the family has disappeared. Thrown out of their lodgings no one knows where they have gone. Seven years later Stella is now undercook and it looks likely she'll soon become Cook. But when the son of the house makes improper advances and she knows he'll be believed over her, she must leave at once. With no references and only a few personal possessions to her name she heads off. She has never forgotten her loving family and is determined to find out what happened to them -- once and for all.

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About the Author

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. She is the author of eighteen novels and also writes under the name of Lily Baxter.

Review

"Perfect for Downton Abbey fans ... heart-tugging." * Peterborough Telegraph *

About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780890605
• ISBN 13: 9781780890609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464