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A Daughter´s Gift
Maggie Hope
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Description for A Daughter´s Gift
Paperback. Elizabeth Nelson is only ten years old when her mother dies in childbirth. With her father's gone, the siblings are separate; her aunt Betty takes baby Kit. Elizabeth and her brother, Jimmy, are sent to a children's home and Alice and Jenny are sent into foster care. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
A family torn apart. A daughter’s courage...
When Elizabeth and her four sibling are orphaned, she and her brother are sent to a children’s home; their younger sisters into foster care.
Life in the home is hard, but she is determined to look after her brother and make a better life for them both. Working as a nurse gives her a purpose but she risks everything by falling for wounded officer Jack Benson. Far above her in wealth and station, Elizabeth cannot marry him and she risks losing her nursing place if there is any hint of impropriety ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091949174
SKU
V9780091949174
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Maggie Hope
Maggie Hope was born in County Durham, during the Depression of the 1930s. She is the daughter of a coal miner and knows first-hand the hardships suffered by miners and their families during that time. Along with her three sisters, she was raised in a ‘two-up-two-down’ miner’s cottage with no inside toilet. Growing up, Maggie never dreamed ... Read more
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