A valley dream / Anna Jacobs.
By: Jacobs, Anna.
Series: Jacobs, Anna. Backshaw Moss: 1.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2022Description: 414 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750549578.Subject(s): Women household employees -- Fiction | Widowers -- Fiction | Single fathers -- Fiction | Families -- England -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Nineteen thirties -- Fiction | London (England) -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: 1935. At 36, Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin, acting as his unpaid servant. When a kind relative leaves her a house in the village of Backshaw Moss, Thomas tries to take it from her, but she defies him and grasps this chance of a new start in Lancashire. The house is on the edge of a slum and in a state of disrepair. As kind people help her find her feet, however, her confidence grows and when she meets struggling, widowed father-of-three Ryan, she begins to hope she may find the happy family she's always dreamed of. When Thomas follows her, still after the inheritance, not only is Bella's newfound happiness threatened but also her life. Can her new friends help her rid herself of her tormentor once and for all, and finally achieve her valley dream?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Available | 38055013155726 |
1935. At 36, Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin, acting as his unpaid servant. When a kind relative leaves her a house in the village of Backshaw Moss, Thomas tries to take it from her, but she defies him and grasps this chance of a new start in Lancashire. The house is on the edge of a slum and in a state of disrepair. As kind people help her find her feet, however, her confidence grows and when she meets struggling, widowed father-of-three Ryan, she begins to hope she may find the happy family she's always dreamed of. When Thomas follows her, still after the inheritance, not only is Bella's newfound happiness threatened but also her life. Can her new friends help her rid herself of her tormentor once and for all, and finally achieve her valley dream?
Adult.