This author won the inaugural Catherine Cookson Prize and she is very good indeed.
Similar this month: Dilly Court.
Comparison: Katie Flynn, Josephine Cox, Lyn Andrews.
When Laura Page returns to the remote Holderness village of Welwick, it is to try and discover the mystery of her mother Susannah's early life. Now a local property owner in Hull, Susannah never speaks of her childhood, when she was brought up with the terrible stigma of illegitimacy - of being nobody's child.Born into poverty, living in a tiny labourer's cottage with her father, Susannah's mother had caught the eye of the local landowner's son. She was his one and only great love, but when she died giving birth to their daughter Susannah he could not acknowledge his child but had to watch her growing up in hardship. As the years passed and Laura had begin to be curious about her mother's past, would she ever be reunited with the father she had scarcely known?If you've liked books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.
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When Laura Page returns to the remote Holderness village of Welwick, it is to try and discover the mystery of her mother Susannah's early life. Now a local property owner in Hull, Susannah never speaks of her childhood, when she was brought up with the terrible stigma of illegitimacy - of being nobody's child.Born into poverty, living in a tiny labourer's cottage with her father, Susannah's mother had caught the eye of the local landowner's son.
Nobody's Child features in the following genres: Sagas, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
Nobody's Child was written by Valerie Wood and published by Corgi Books an imprint of Transworld
Nobody's Child has 513 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
