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A marriage of scandal / Catherine Cookson.
By: Cookson, Catherine [author].
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2024Edition: Large print edition.Description: 444 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750551229.Subject(s): Working class -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Christmas stories | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | England, Northern -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: It is 1913, and the approach of Christmas fails to excite the restless Agnes Conway, the twenty-two-year-old manager of her father Arthur's adjoining sweet and tobacconist shops. There are dark secrets in Arthur's past, and these come tragically to light when Agnes's younger sister Jessie becomes pregnant by one of the notorious Felton brothers. Meanwhile, Agnes has a secret of her own: an attachment to Charles Farrier, son of a local landowner, who outrages his own family by proposing marriage. But Charles is not the only man who will shape Agnes's future. His brother Reginald makes no secret of his admiration for her. She could not have foreseen how significant a part he was to play in her destiny...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Large Print | Issued | 07/05/2024 | 38055013165782 |
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It is 1913, and the approach of Christmas fails to excite the restless Agnes Conway, the twenty-two-year-old manager of her father Arthur's adjoining sweet and tobacconist shops. There are dark secrets in Arthur's past, and these come tragically to light when Agnes's younger sister Jessie becomes pregnant by one of the notorious Felton brothers. Meanwhile, Agnes has a secret of her own: an attachment to Charles Farrier, son of a local landowner, who outrages his own family by proposing marriage. But Charles is not the only man who will shape Agnes's future. His brother Reginald makes no secret of his admiration for her. She could not have foreseen how significant a part he was to play in her destiny...
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