A mother's sorrow / Margaret Dickinson.
By: Dickinson, Margaret.
Publisher: London : Pan Books, 2024Description: 432 pages.ISBN: 9781035024599 (pbk.) :; 1035024594 (pbk.) :; 9781035024582 (hbk).Subject(s): Saga | Saga | c 1900 to c 1909 | Historical romance | Generational sagas | Historical fiction | Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.Summary: Sheffield, 1892. Patrick Halliday rules his family with a rod of iron. He's hard on both his wife and his elder daughter, Flora, but he spoils his youngest, Mary Ellen, because she reminds him of his beloved mother. When Mary Ellen, aged seventeen, finds that she is pregnant, Patrick throws her out of the family home and Flora goes with her. After wandering the Derbyshire countryside for miles, they find shelter on a farm, working for their keep. When Flora must return to her job as a buffer girl in Sheffield's cutlery trade, she is reunited with her friend, Evelyn Bonsor. As both young women find love and fall pregnant, the Halliday and Bonsor families are united, despite the many trials that cross their paths. Then comes the Great War. Through hardship and tragedy, these two families must stick together to weather the storm.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Novels | Issued | 15/05/2024 | 38055400027207 | |||
| Adult book | Newton-le-Willows Library Novels | Issued | 20/05/2024 | 38055400027208 | |||
| Adult book | St Helens Library Novels | Issued | 21/05/2024 | 38055400027209 | |||
| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Novels | Issued | 16/05/2024 | 38055400027210 |
Sheffield, 1892. Patrick Halliday rules his family with a rod of iron. He's hard on both his wife and his elder daughter, Flora, but he spoils his youngest, Mary Ellen, because she reminds him of his beloved mother. When Mary Ellen, aged seventeen, finds that she is pregnant, Patrick throws her out of the family home and Flora goes with her. After wandering the Derbyshire countryside for miles, they find shelter on a farm, working for their keep. When Flora must return to her job as a buffer girl in Sheffield's cutlery trade, she is reunited with her friend, Evelyn Bonsor. As both young women find love and fall pregnant, the Halliday and Bonsor families are united, despite the many trials that cross their paths. Then comes the Great War. Through hardship and tragedy, these two families must stick together to weather the storm.