A precious daughter /
Allen, Diane
A precious daughter / Diane Allen. - 318 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
When Ethan Postlethwaite, his wife Grace and their daughter Amy announce that they will be leaving the family home in the Yorkshire Dales, Grace's parents are heartbroken. Hoping for a new life prospecting for gold in the wilds of Canada, the Postlethwaites say goodbye and set sail across the Atlantic in search of a brighter future. However, after their hard and treacherous journey, it becomes apparent that the promised riches of the gold fields have already been plundered. So when the family is devastated by the death of Grace, Ethan decides they must return to England. Arriving in Liverpool, Ethan and Amy soon find work in a dairy - but Amy is restless, struggling to settle into yet another new life. When a chance encounter ignites an old friendship, she must decide where her own future lies...
Adult.
9780750549486
Families--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Homecoming--Fiction.
Dairy farms--England--Liverpool--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Liverpool (England)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Canada--History--19th century--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large type books.
A precious daughter / Diane Allen. - 318 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
When Ethan Postlethwaite, his wife Grace and their daughter Amy announce that they will be leaving the family home in the Yorkshire Dales, Grace's parents are heartbroken. Hoping for a new life prospecting for gold in the wilds of Canada, the Postlethwaites say goodbye and set sail across the Atlantic in search of a brighter future. However, after their hard and treacherous journey, it becomes apparent that the promised riches of the gold fields have already been plundered. So when the family is devastated by the death of Grace, Ethan decides they must return to England. Arriving in Liverpool, Ethan and Amy soon find work in a dairy - but Amy is restless, struggling to settle into yet another new life. When a chance encounter ignites an old friendship, she must decide where her own future lies...
Adult.
9780750549486
Families--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Homecoming--Fiction.
Dairy farms--England--Liverpool--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Liverpool (England)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Canada--History--19th century--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large type books.