Description
A family is divided when its favourite daughter is forced to flee rural Ireland and to seek her living in war-torn Birmingham.
Bridie McCarthy loves her family's farm in the remotest part of Donegal, even though she's forced to work hard when all of her siblings leave home. She can't bear to let down her beloved parents - until a horrible act of violence gives her no option but to run away. She turns to the one person she can trust - big sister Mary, now settled with a family of her own in Birmingham.
Life here couldn't be more different, but slowly Bridie comes to see the good side of a busy city, and begins to regain her confidence. But fate has more trouble in store, as World War Two looms, threatening everything she's fought so hard to win.
Author: Anne Bennett
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03/15/2004
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.37w x 1.55d
ISBN13: 9780007139835
ISBN10: 0007139837
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Small Town & Rural
- Fiction | Historical | General
About the Author
Anne Bennett was born in the Horsefair district of Birmingham. The daughter of Roman Catholic Irish immigrants, she grew up in a tight-knit community. For many years she taught in schools to the north of Birmingham, before an accident put paid to that career. This gave her the chance to write full time. She has four children and five grandchildren. In 2006, after sixteen years in a wheelchair, Anne was able to walk again.
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