LoveReading Says
Amber Ainsley has more than her fair share of difficult decisions to make in Rosie Goodwin’s latest compelling saga. The laundry maid is in love with wealthy employer, Barnaby Greenwood, but hopes of a happy ending are quickly dashed when she discovers she’s pregnant and must leave Whitby to deliver her illegitimate baby in secret. Barnaby promises to find the baby a loving home, but it’s not long before Amber suspects her daughter is closer than she could ever have hoped. This is family drama on an epic scale! The emotional tension rises and falls as Amber and Barnaby face the heartache of illness, sacrifice and death alongside the joy of love and parenthood. The class divide adds a level of intricacy not found in your typical will-they-won’t-they love story, and Goodwin’s beautifully drawn side characters ensure the storyline never dips in pace or interest. Uncle Jeremiah is an absolute favourite, adding unexpected warmth in the bleakest of moments, the brutish Bertie Preston doing an equally stellar job of injecting drama in the novel’s final chapters. A Season for Hope is another triumph from one of Britain’s most-admired writers – be prepared to be drawn in, swept away and gorgeously entertained.
Lindsay Quayle
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A Season for Hope Synopsis
The brand new novel from Britain's best-loved saga author.
Whitby, 1845 Amber Ainsley works for the wealthy Greenwoods. But when Amber falls pregnant with Mr Barnaby Greenwood's illegitimate child, he casts her out, leaving her homeless and without an income.
Amber flees to Whitby where she stays with her uncle until her child is born. Upon discovering this, Barnaby offers to find a family to raise Amber's daughter, to save her going to the workhouse.
Broken-hearted but wanting the best for her child, Amber hands her daughter over. Meanwhile, Louisa Greenwood is desperate to give her husband Barnaby an heir. The couple are overjoyed when she gives birth to twins, but the babies are weak and the Greenwoods are worried they won't survive.
Poverty-stricken, Amber has no choice but to return to work for the Greenwoods. There, the baby girl is flourishing but her twin is not. When Amber notices a familiar birth mark on the infant girl's leg, her world is turned upside-down. Will Amber ever be able to have the family life she hopes for?
About This Edition
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9781838773601 |
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5th January 2023 |
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Rosie Goodwin |
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Zaffre |
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Paperback |
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464 pages |
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Sagas
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About Rosie Goodwin
Rosie Goodwin is the four million copy bestselling author of more than thirty novels. She is the first author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson's trilogies with her own sequels. Having worked in the social services sector for many years, then fostered a number of children, she is now a full-time novelist. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries and has sold over 4 million copies across her career. Rosie lives in Nuneaton, the setting for many of her books, with her husband and their beloved dogs.
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