A young girl struggles to realise her dreams when her life is
derailed - from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood.
--------------------- Holderness, 1846. For reliable,
thirteen-year-old Bella, life isn't turning out quite as she'd
hoped. She lives at the Woodman Inn - an ancient hostelry run by
her family in the Yorkshire countryside - with her parents and
siblings, but when she learns not only that her father is seriously
ill, but that her mother is expecting a fifth child, her dreams of
leaving home to become a schoolteacher are quickly dashed. Times
are hard, and when their father dies Bella also has to take on the
role of mother to her baby brother. Her days are brightened by the
occasional visit from Jamie Lucan - the eighteen-year-old son of a
wealthy landowning neighbour. Also grieving the loss of a parent,
Jamie has more in common with Bella than she thinks. When her
mother announces out of the blue that she wants to move the family
to Hull, Bella is forced to leave the only home she has ever known.
They arrive to find that the public house they are now committed to
buying is run-down and dilapidated. Could things get any worse? Or
could this move turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Bella? If
you've liked books by Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, you'll love Val
Wood's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.
--------------------- Praise for Val Wood: 'A heart-warming story
filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 'Hull's answer to
Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 'Wonderfully
fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories'
Peterborough Telegraph
General
Imprint: |
Corgi Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2021 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
Val Wood
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 127 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
448 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-552-17758-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Sagas
|
LSN: |
0-552-17758-X |
Barcode: |
9780552177580 |
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