Ruth Appleby - The inspiring uplifting story of one woman s quest for a better

At twelve she stood by her mother's grave on a bleak Yorkshire moor. Life, as the daughter of a Victorian millhand, had never been easy, but now she was mother and housekeeper both to the little family left behind. As one tribulation after another beset her life, so a longing, a determination grew - to venture out into a new world of independence and adventure, and when the chance came she seized it. America, even on the brink of civil war, was to offer a challenge that Ruth was ready to accept, and a love, not easy, but glorious and triumphant. A giant of a book - about a woman who gave herself unstintingly - in love, in war, in the embracing of a new life in a vibrant land.

Product details

• Authors: Elvi Rhodes, Rhodes Elvi
• Publisher: Corgi
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780552170987
• ISBN: 978-0-552-17098-7
• No. of pages: 688
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Coming of Age, Historical romance, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Victorian, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Romance: wholesome, Narrative theme: Sense of place, United States of America, USA, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, 1837–1901 (Victorian period)