Dilly’s Sacrifice
The gripping saga of a mother's love from a much-loved Sunday Times bestselling author
Lieferzeit: Bezug 3-5 I
ISBN-13:
9781472158727
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
23.11.2023
Seiten:
464
Autor:
Rosie Goodwin
Gewicht:
318 g
Format:
197x127x36 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Dilly is devastated: with her husband unable to work and four children already at home, they cannot afford to feed their new-born baby. Heartbroken, she heads into the night to deliver her baby girl to the Farthing family at the big house. Having just lost their own daughter to measles, the Farthings adopt the baby and offer Dilly a lifeline: a job as a maid.This act of desperation will change the lives of both families irrevocably - and the onset of WWI even more so. Sons are taken, love is declared, hearts are broken and terrible acts are committed. Through it all, Dilly does everything she can to preserve her family. But when the chance for true love finally comes, will she choose family over her own happiness?A moving and uplifting story of family, loyalty and love, from much-loved author Rosie Goodwin.
A young mother's fight to keep her family together in the face of poverty, hardship and the horrors of the First World War - from the streets of the Midlands to the fields of Ireland. The new novel from much-loved author Rosie Goodwin.